Large fruit-eating bat

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Large fruit-eating bat
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Phyllostomidae
Genus: Artibeus
Species:
A. amplus
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 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). [3]

References

  1. ↑ Solari, S. (2018). "Artibeus amplus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018 e.T2121A22000620. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T2121A22000620.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ 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.


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