Common Silver Fruit Vampire

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Common Silver Fruit Vampire
Systematics
Superfamily : Hare's mouths (Noctilionoidea)
Family : Leaf noses (Phyllostomidae)
Subfamily : Fruit vampires (Stenodermatinae)
Genre : Actual fruit vampires ( Artibeus )
Subgenus : Dermanura
Type : Common Silver Fruit Vampire
Scientific name
Artibeus glaucus
Thomas , 1893

The common silver fruit vampire ( Artibeus glaucus ) is a bat species from the genus of actual fruit vampires . It is a common species at low to medium elevations in the Andes .

features

The common silver fruit vampire has a head body length of 4.3 to 6.2 cm, a forearm length of 3.8 to 4.4 cm and a weight of 10 to 14 g. This makes the species one of the somewhat larger of the generally very small representatives of the subgenus Dermanura . The fur is dark brown, darker than that of most fruit vampire species. The stripes on the face and the yellow edge of the nose and ears are indistinct, which is a distinguishing feature from Artibeus bogotensis with more pronounced stripes .

distribution and habitat

The species is found in the states of Ecuador , Peru and Bolivia in middle heights of the Andes between 200 and 1200 m, rarely up to 2000 m. Habitat are tropical rainforests as well as mountain forests and cultivated forests. Here it feeds on fruits from the treetop region.

Threat and protection

The World Conservation Organization IUCN lists the common silver fruit vampire as least concern (not endangered) because it is widespread and frequent and insensitive to changes in habitats.

Systematics

Within the genus of actual fruit vampires, the species of the subgenus Dermanura is assigned, in which the smaller species are grouped. Occasionally Dermanura is raised to the rank of its own genus, then the species is called Dermanura glauca . It was not until 2008 that Artibeus glaucus was split into two species: The representatives living in Colombia with lighter fur and clearly visible facial stripes were relocated to the new species Artibeus bogotensis , while Artibeus glaucus was only considered to be the individuals from Ecuador and Peru southwards. The common silver fruit vampire is the sister species of a common clade from the new species Artibeus bogotensis and the small silver fruit vampire ; these three species together form the sister group of the Andersen fruit vampire .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Ortega 2015, p. 109
  2. ↑ a b Ortega 2015, p. 108
  3. ^ IUCN Red List , accessed December 18, 2017
  4. ↑ Burton K. Lim & al .: Systematic review of small fruit-eating bats (Artibeus) from the Guianas, and a re-evaluation of A. glaucus bogotensis . In: Acta Chiropterologica 2008, No. 10 (2), pp. 243-256.

literature

  • Jorge Ortega, Joaquín Arroyo-Cabrales, Norberto Martínez-Mendez, Melina Del Real-Monroy, Diana Moreno-Santillán, Paúl M. Velazco: Artibeus glaucus (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae). In: Mammalian Species . No. 47, 2015, pp. 107–111, doi: 10.1093 / mspecies / sev011 .