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

Where the great fruit-eating bat lives – recorded in 11 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Artibeus lituratus
Group	Bats
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	11 countries
Continents	North America, South America
Class	Mammal
Order	Chiroptera
Family	Phyllostomidae

Where does the great fruit-eating bat live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the great fruit-eating bat in 11 countries and territories across North America and South America. Wikidata gives its range as: Manaus.

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 great fruit-eating bat endangered?

The great 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 great fruit-eating bat?

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

About the great fruit-eating bat

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.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Great fruit-eating bat (revision 1314091280), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q306460 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).