Artibeus obscurus (bat)
Variant names: Artibeus fuliginosus

Mass: 39.2 g based on Bernard 2001, Mena 2010, and Patterson et al. 1996

Diet: frugivore based on Patterson et al. 1996, Arteaga and Moya 2002, Bernard 2002, Van Cakenberghe et al. 2002, Andrade et al. 2008, Klingbell and Willig 2009, Loayza and Loiselle 2009, Ortêncio-Filho and Reis 2009, and Miranda et al. 2015

Abundance: 0.21 to 34.68% (median 3.89%)

Latitudinal range: -23.1° to 4.9°

Habitats: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (17), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (19), tropical/subtropical savanna (6), tropical/subtropical wetland (1)

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Found in 43 samples

Bolivia: Beni Biological Station–Biosphere Reserve (forest islands), Beni Biological Station–Biosphere Reserve (continuous forest), Santuario de Vida Silvestre Cavernas de Repechón (cultivo), Santuario de Vida Silvestre Cavernas de Repechón (barbecho), Santuario de Vida Silvestre Cavernas de Repechón (bosque joven), Santuario de Vida Silvestre Cavernas de Repechón (bosque maduro), El Porvenir (bats)

Brazil: Ilha da Marambaia, Area de Pesquisas Ecológicas do Guamâ, Alter do Chäo, Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project Reserves 1501 and 1401, Una (forests), Reserva Ecológica Carnijo, Amanä Sustainable Development Reserve (terra firme high-water under-storey), Bragança, Viseu, Parque Estadual do Rio Doce (Campolina), Parque Estadual do Rio Doce (Vinhâtico), Parque Estadual do Rio Doce (Campo de Pouso), Morro de Säo Joäo, Middle Säo Francisco River, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Barreirinhas, Campo Verde, Fazenda Cauaia, Colonia Juliano Moreira, Una (cabrucas), Ilhéus (cabrucas), Lake Uauaçu (terra firme, low-water), Quinta da Boa Vista, Médio Rio Teles Pires, Base (wet season), Caju Private Natural Heritage Reserve

Colombia: Tinije

Guyana: Burro-Burro River, Kurupukari

Peru: Reserva Nacional Allpahuayo-Mishana, Santa Marta, Truenococha, Mishana, Valle de Pozuzo, Cocha Paujil (mist nets), Refugio Juliaca (mist nets)

Size measurements:
body mass40.8 gN = 19Bernard 2001
body mass36.7 gN = 11Mena 2010
body mass37 gN = 1Patterson et al. 1996

See also Artibeus, Artibeus anderseni, Artibeus aztecus, Artibeus bogotensis, Artibeus cinereus, Artibeus concolor, Artibeus fimbriatus, Artibeus fraterculus, Artibeus glaucus, Artibeus gnomus, Artibeus hirsutus, Artibeus intermedius, Artibeus jamaicensis, Artibeus lituratus, Artibeus phaeotis, Artibeus planirostris, Artibeus ravus, Artibeus rosenbergi, Artibeus spp., Artibeus toltecus, Artibeus watsoni