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

Silver fruit-eating bat Artibeus glaucus

Where the silver fruit-eating bat lives – recorded in 7 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 334 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See bats on the world map

Silver fruit-eating bat: Artibeus glaucus — Preserved museum specimen (no free photo of a live animal found). Photo: Naturalis Biodiversity Center, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name	Artibeus glaucus
Group	Bats
Found in	7 countries
Continents	South America
Class	Mammal
Order	Chiroptera
Family	Phyllostomidae

Where does the silver fruit-eating bat live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the silver fruit-eating bat in 7 countries and territories across South America.

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 silver fruit-eating bat?

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

About the silver fruit-eating bat

The silver fruit-eating bat (Dermanura glauca) is a South American bat species of the family Phyllostomidae.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Silver fruit-eating bat (revision 1315319293), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q308293 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).