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The Jamaican fruit bat is a medium-sized bat, having a total length of 78–89 mm (3.1–3.5 in) with a 96–150 mm (3.8–5.9 in) wingspan and weighing 40 to 60 g (1.4 to 2.1 oz). It has broad but pointed and ridged ears with a serrated tragus . [ 2 ]
The great fruit-eating bat (Artibeus lituratus) is a bat species 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.
Honduran fruit-eating bat, Artibeus inopinatus is located in Central America (El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Honduras). Jamaican fruit bat , Artibeus jamaicensis is the best known species. It is spread from The Bahamas and northern Mexico, through Central America and the Caribbean to northwestern Peru.
The flat-faced fruit-eating bat (Artibeus planirostris) is a South American species [1] of bat in the family Phyllostomidae.It is sometimes considered a subspecies of the Jamaican fruit bat, [2] but can be distinguished by its larger size, the presence of faint stripes on the face, and of a third molar tooth on each side of the upper jaw.
Artibeus aequatorialis, also known as Anderson's fruit-eating bat or the Ecuadorian fruit-eating bat, [2] is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. The bat is endemic to northwestern South America west of the Andes mountain range.
The fraternal fruit-eating bat is the smallest species of large Artibeus (a group that also includes the Jamaican fruit bat, flat-faced fruit-eating bat, and great fruit-eating bat), [5] with a forearm length of 52–59 mm (2.0–2.3 in) and total length of 64–76 mm (2.5–3.0 in).
The large fruit-eating bat (Artibeus amplus) is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is found in the countries of Colombia , Guyana , and Venezuela . [ 2 ] The large fruit-eating bat is one of only a few microbats that eats leaves (a behavior seen mostly in megabats ).
Artibeus schwartzi, or Schwartz's fruit-eating bat, is a species of bat found in the Lesser Antilles. It was previously considered a subspecies of the Jamaican fruit bat, (A. jamaicensis). It has been hypothesized that it arose from hybridization of three Artibeus species: A. jamaicensis, A. planirostris, and an unknown third species. [2]