| Great fruit-eating bat | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Phyllostomidae |
| Genus: | Artibeus |
| Species: | A. lituratus |
| Binomial name | |
| Artibeus lituratus Olfers, 1818 | |
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| Synonyms | |
| Artibeus intermedius Allen, 1897 | |
The great fruit-eating bat (Artibeus lituratus) 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.[2]
References
- ^ Barquez, R.; Perez, S.; Miller, B.; Diaz, M. (2015). "Artibeus lituratus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T2136A21995720. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T2136A21995720.en.
- ^ Longevity, ageing, and life history of Artibeus lituratus accessed 6 October 2010