Red fruit bat
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| Genus: | Stenoderma Geoffroy, 1818
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| Species: | S. rufum
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| Stenoderma rufum Desmarest, 1820
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The red fruit bat or red fig-eating bat (Stenoderma rufum) is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae, in the monotypic genus Stenoderma.[2] It is found in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. No fruit bats have been spotted or recorded in the US Virgin Islands for the last 30 years.[2]
Subspecies
Three subspecies are recognised:[3]
- Stenoderma rufum rufum (Desmarest's red fruit bat) - U.S. Virgin Islands
- †Stenoderma rufum anthonyi (Anthony's red fruit bat) - Puerto Rico (fossil)
- Stenoderma rufum darioi (Valdivieso's red fruit bat) - Puerto Rico
See also
References
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- ^ a b Gannon, M.R., Rodríguez-Durán, M., Kurta, A., and Willig, M.R. Stenoderma rufum Desmarest, Red Fig-eating Bat or Murciélago Frutero Nativo (website), Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut. Downloaded 10 November 2012 from http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/willig/Research/Puerto%20Rico/stenoderma.html
- ^ Genoways, H. H., and R. J. Baker. 1972. Stenoderma rufum. Mammalian Species, 18:1-4. http://www.science.smith.edu/msi/pdf/i0076-3519-018-01-0001.pdf
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