Detailed Record for Artibeus lituratus

Common Name: Big fruit bat

Taxonomy: Phylum Chordata / Sub Phylum Vertebrata / Class Mammalia / Sub Class Theria / Infra Class Eutheria / Order Chiroptera / Sub Order Microchiroptera / Family Phyllostomidae / Genus Artibeus

C-value (pg): 2.70

Chromosome Number (2n): 30

Method: Flow Cytometry

Cell Type: Spleen

Standard Species: Gallus domesticus = 1.25pg, Mus musculus = 3.30pg

References:
Burton, D.W., J.W. Bickham, and H.H. Genoways (1989). Flow-cytometric analyses of nuclear DNA content in four families of neotropical bats. Evolution 43: 756-765.

Other records available for this species:

Artibeus lituratus = 2.57 (pg)

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