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Aztec Fruit-eating Bat

Artibeus aztecus

Classification

The Aztec fruit-eating bat (Dermanura azteca) is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. Taxonomy and etymology It was described as a new species in 1906 by Danish mammalogist Knud Andersen. The holotype was collected by Edward William Nelson in Tetela del Volcán, Mexico.

Distribution

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