Flat-faced fruit-eating bat: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the flat-faced fruit-eating bat lives – recorded in 8 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Artibeus planirostris
Group	Bats
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	8 countries
Continents	South America
Class	Mammal
Order	Chiroptera
Family	Phyllostomidae

Where does the flat-faced fruit-eating bat live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the flat-faced fruit-eating bat in 8 countries and territories across South America. Wikidata gives its range as: Belém, Brazil.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the flat-faced fruit-eating bat endangered?

The flat-faced fruit-eating bat’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the flat-faced fruit-eating bat?

The flat-faced fruit-eating bat (Artibeus planirostris) is a mammal in the order Chiroptera and the family Phyllostomidae, genus Artibeus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the flat-faced fruit-eating bat

The flat-faced fruit-eating bat (Artibeus planirostris) is a South American species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is sometimes considered a subspecies of the Jamaican fruit bat, 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. Genetic analysis has also shown that the two species may not be closely related.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Flat-faced fruit-eating bat (revision 1313860525), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q308267 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).