Great fruit-eating bat

Artibeus lituratus

The great fruit-eating bat is a bat species in the family Phyllostomidae from South and Central America. It is found from Mexico to Brazil and Argentina, as well as in Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Grenada, Martinique, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Trinidad and Tobago.

They are 10.5 g at birth and grow to 65 g as adults.
Status: Least concern
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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionChordata
ClassMammalia
OrderChiroptera
FamilyPhyllostomidae
GenusArtibeus
SpeciesA. lituratus
Photographed in
Peru