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Velvety fruit-eating bat, the Glossary

The velvety fruit-eating bat (Enchisthenes hartii), also known as Hart's little fruit bat, is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae.^[1]

28 relations: Arizona, Artibeus, Bat, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Eponym, Guatemala, Holotype, Honduras, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Knud Andersen (mammalogist), Leaf-nosed bat, Least-concern species, Mexico, Monotypic taxon, Oldfield Thomas, Panama, Peru, Species description, Specific name (zoology), Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago, Type species, United States, Venezuela.
Bats of North America
Mammals described in 1892

Arizona

Arizona (Hoozdo Hahoodzo; Alĭ ṣonak) is a landlocked state in the Southwestern region of the United States.

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The Neotropical fruit bats (Artibeus) are a genus of bats within the subfamily Stenodermatinae. Velvety fruit-eating bat and Artibeus are bats of Central America, bats of South America and Phyllostomidae.

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Bat

Bats are flying mammals of the order Chiroptera.

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Bolivia

Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in western-central South America.

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Colombia

Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with insular regions in North America.

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Costa Rica

Costa Rica (literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica, is a country in the Central American region of North America.

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Ecuador

Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west.

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El Salvador

El Salvador, officially the Republic of El Salvador, is a country in Central America.

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Eponym

An eponym is a person, a place, or a thing after whom or for which someone or something is, or is believed to be, named.

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Guatemala

Guatemala, officially the Republic of Guatemala, is a country in Central America.

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Holotype

A holotype is a single physical example (or illustration) of an organism used when the species (or lower-ranked taxon) was formally described.

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Honduras

Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America.

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International Union for Conservation of Nature

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natural resources.

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Knud Andersen (mammalogist)

Knud Christian Andersen (29 April 1867 in Frederiksberg – last seen alive June 1918 in England) was a Danish zoologist.

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Leaf-nosed bat

The New World leaf-nosed bats (Phyllostomidae) are bats found from southern North America to South America, specifically from the Southwest United States to northern Argentina. Velvety fruit-eating bat and leaf-nosed bat are Phyllostomidae.

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Least-concern species

A least-concern species is a species that has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as evaluated as not being a focus of wildlife conservation because the specific species is still plentiful in the wild.

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Mexico

Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America.

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Monotypic taxon

In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon.

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Oldfield Thomas

Michael Rogers Oldfield Thomas (21 February 1858 – 16 June 1929) was a British zoologist.

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Panama

Panama, officially the Republic of Panama, is a country in Latin America at the southern end of Central America, bordering South America.

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Peru

Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pacific Ocean. Peru is a megadiverse country with habitats ranging from the arid plains of the Pacific coastal region in the west to the peaks of the Andes mountains extending from the north to the southeast of the country to the tropical Amazon basin rainforest in the east with the Amazon River.

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Species description

A species description is a formal scientific description of a newly encountered species, typically articulated through a scientific publication.

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Specific name (zoology)

In zoological nomenclature, the specific name (also specific epithet, species epithet, or epitheton) is the second part (the second name) within the scientific name of a species (a binomen).

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Trinidad

Trinidad is the larger and more populous of the two major islands of Trinidad and Tobago.

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Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago, officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the southernmost island country in the Caribbean region of North America.

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Type species

In zoological nomenclature, a type species (species typica) is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen (or specimens).

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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Venezuela

Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velvety_fruit-eating_bat

Also known as Artibeus hartii, Enchisthenes, Enchisthenes hartii.