TAXONOMIC STATUS OF ARTIBEUS-AMPLUS (CHIROPTERA, PHYLLOSTOMIDAE) IN NORTHERN SOUTH-AMERICA

Authors
LIM BK WILSON DE
Citation
Bk. Lim et De. Wilson, TAXONOMIC STATUS OF ARTIBEUS-AMPLUS (CHIROPTERA, PHYLLOSTOMIDAE) IN NORTHERN SOUTH-AMERICA, Journal of mammalogy, 74(3), 1993, pp. 763-768
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology
Journal title
Journal of mammalogy → ACNP
ISSN journal
00222372
Volume
74
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
763 - 768
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-2372(1993)74:3<763:TSOA(P>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
The recently described Artibeus amplus is easily confused with four ot her large-sized Artibeus in northern South America. However, cranial m orphometric analyses (sheared principal components analysis and discri minant analysis) substantiate that A. amplus is distinct from its symp atric congeners. The first distributional records from Guyana are repo rted for this species and identification keys are presented.