Kingdom Animalia Order Chiroptera Genus Artibeus Higher classification Artibeus | Phylum Chordata Family Phyllostomidae Scientific name Artibeus gnomus Rank Species | |
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Similar Brown fruit‑eating bat, Bidentate Yellow‑eared Bat, Gervais's fruit‑eating bat, Dark fruit‑eating bat, Artibeus | ||
The gnome fruit-eating bat (Artibeus gnomus) is a bat species from South America. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guyana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela. This species was originally discovered to be different from the other known species of fruit bats, but later, in 1994 were mistakenly grouped under Artibeus cinereus as a synonym. However, this has since been corrected by more closely studying their physical differences and by biomolecular analysis.
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