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Artibeus anthonyi

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Artibeus anthonyi
Temporal range: Late Quaternary
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Phyllostomidae
Genus: Artibeus
Species:
A. anthonyi
Binomial name
Artibeus anthonyi
(Woloszyn & Silva Taboda, 1977)

Artibeus anthonyi, also known as Anthony's fruit-eating bat, is an extinct species of bat from the Late Quaternary of Cuba.[1]

Anthony's fruit-eating bat shows the greatest morphological divergence compared with extant Artibeus species.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Orihuela, Johanset; Pérez Orozco, Leonel; Álvarez Licourt, Jorge L.; Viera Muñoz, Ricardo A.; Santana Barani, Candido (2020). "Late Holocene land vertebrate fauna from Cueva de los Nesofontes, Western Cuba: Stratigraphy, chronology, diversity, and paleoecology". Palaeontologia Electronica. 23 (3): a57. doi:10.26879/995. ISSN 1935-3952.
  2. ^ Balseiro, Fernando; Mancina, Carlos A.; Guerrero, Jose A. (December 2009). "Taxonomic Status of Artibeus anthonyi (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae), a Fossil Bat from Cuba". Journal of Mammalogy. 90 (6): 1487–1494. doi:10.1644/08-MAMM-A-372R1.1.