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Artibeina

  • Artibeus
  • Jamaican Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus (Artibeus) jamaicensis

    The Jamaican fruit-eating bat has pale facial stripes and a leaf-shaped noseleaf. It is active at night, eats fruit, and may fold leaves into a tent-like roost.

  • Great Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus (Artibeus) lituratus

    This large fruit-eating bat has fur ranging from light to dark brown. It flies among trees at night and forages with other bats for fruit.

  • Brown Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus (Artibeus) concolor

    This small fruit-eating bat lives in South America. A study in French Guiana recorded Cecropia fruit in fecal samples from this species.

  • Hairy Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus (Artibeus) hirsutus

    The hairy fruit-eating bat is endemic to Mexico. A colony using caves was studied in Jalisco.

  • Fraternal Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus (Artibeus) fraterculus

    This fruit-eating bat occurs in western Ecuador and north-central and western Peru. It is especially abundant in dry forests and arid areas, and it also helps disperse seeds.

  • Thomas's Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus (Dermanura) watsoni

    This fruit-eating bat ranges from Mexico to Panama in Central America. Research published under the older name Artibeus watsoni records it modifying young palm leaves into day roosts.

  • Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus (Dermanura) cinereus

    It has a dark noseleaf and pale cream ear margins. It was also captured in Atlantic Forest in southeastern Brazil.