ADW: Artibeus: CLASSIFICATION

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Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates)
        
        Tetrapoda (tetrapods)
        
        Amniota (amniotes)
        
        Synapsida (synapsids)
        
        Class Mammalia (mammals)
        
        Subclass Theria (Therian mammals)
        
        Infraclass Eutheria (placental mammals)
        
        Order Chiroptera (bats)
        
        Family Phyllostomidae (New World leaf-nosed bats)
        
        Subfamily Stenodermatinae (fruit-eating bats, tent-making bats, yellow-shouldered bats, and relatives)
        
        Tribe Stenodermatini (tent making bats, fruit-eating bats, and relatives)
        
        Genus Artibeus (fruit-eating bats)
        
        Species Artibeus amplus (large fruit-eating bat)
        
        Species Artibeus anderseni (Andersen's fruit-eating bat)
        
        Species Artibeus aztecus (Aztec fruit-eating bat)
        
        Species Artibeus cinereus (Gervais's fruit-eating bat)
        
        Species Artibeus concolor (brown fruit-eating bat)
        
        Species Artibeus fimbriatus (fringed fruit-eating bat)
        
        Species Artibeus fraterculus (fraternal fruit-eating bat)
        
        Species Artibeus glaucus (silver fruit-eating bat)
        
        Species Artibeus gnomus (dwarf fruit-eating bat)
        
        Species Artibeus hirsutus (hairy fruit-eating bat)
        
        Species Artibeus incomitatus (solitary fruit-eating bat)
        
        Species Artibeus inopinatus (Honduran fruit-eating bat)
        
        Species Artibeus jamaicensis (Jamaican fruit-eating bat)
        
        Species Artibeus lituratus (great fruit-eating bat)
        
        Species Artibeus obscurus (dark fruit-eating bat)
        
        Species Artibeus phaeotis (pygmy fruit-eating bat)
        
        Species Artibeus toltecus (Toltec fruit-eating bat)
        
        Species Artibeus watsoni (Thomas's fruit-eating bat)

Confused by a class within a class or an order within an order? Please see our brief essay.

To cite this page: Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2012. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed at http://animaldiversity.org.

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