Gervais's fruit-eating bat: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Gervais's fruit-eating bat Artibeus cinereus

Where the Gervais's fruit-eating bat lives – recorded in 4 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Recorded in (GBIF)Representative wild record

Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild sighting (a central record among 819 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See bats on the world map

Scientific name	Artibeus cinereus
Group	Bats
Found in	4 countries
Continents	South America
Class	Mammal
Order	Chiroptera
Family	Phyllostomidae

Where does the Gervais's fruit-eating bat live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Gervais's fruit-eating bat in 4 countries and territories across South America. Wikidata gives its range as: São Geraldo do Araguaia.

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.

What kind of animal is the Gervais's fruit-eating bat?

The Gervais's fruit-eating bat (Artibeus cinereus) is a mammal in the order Chiroptera and the family Phyllostomidae, genus Dermanura. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Gervais's fruit-eating bat

Gervais's fruit-eating bat (Dermanura cinerea) is a bat species found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, eastern Peru, Suriname and eastern Venezuela.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Gervais's fruit-eating bat (revision 1170061580), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q428359 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).