Large fruit-eating bat
Appearance
Large fruit-eating bat | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Chiroptera |
Family: | Phyllostomidae |
Genus: | Artibeus |
Species: | A. amplus
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Binomial name | |
Artibeus amplus Handley, 1987
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The large fruit-eating bat (Artibeus amplus) is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is found in the South American neotropics, specifically in the countries of Colombia, Guyana, and Venezuela.[2] The large fruit-eating bat is one of only a few microbats that engages in the eating of leaves (a behavior seen mostly in megabats).[3]
References
- ^ Solari, S. (2018). "Artibeus amplus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T2121A22000620. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T2121A22000620.en.
- ^ Lim, Burton; Wilson, Don (1993). "Taxonomic Status of Artibeus amplus (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) in Northern South America". Journal of Mammalogy. 74 (3): 763–768. doi:10.2307/1382300. JSTOR 1382300.
- ^ Ramoni, Damián Ruiz; Muñoz-Romo, Mariana; Ramoni-Perazzi, Paolo; Aranguren, Yani; Fermin, Gustavo (2011). "Folivory in the Giant Fruit-Eating Bat Artibeus amplus (Phyllostomidae): A Non-seasonal Phenomenon". Acta Chiropterologica. 13 (1): 195–199. doi:10.3161/150811011X578741.