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Jamaican fruit-eating bat

Order : Chiroptera
Family : Phyllostomidae
Subfamily : Stenodermatinae
Species : Artibeus jamaicensis

 

The Jamaican fruit-eating bat is listed as Least Concern (LR/lc), lowest risk. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Facts about the Jamaican fruit-eating bat

This has proven difficult, as the two species (short-tailed bats and Jamaican fruit-eating bats)are plentiful in the wild and thus don’t add ecological value to zoo collections. (Full text)

Jamaican fruit bat (Artibeus jamaicensis) carrying allspice berry (#0003313) This Jamaican fruit-eating bat (Artibeus jamaicensis) is carrying an allspice berry, one of Jamaica's most valued export crops. (Full text)

Important seed dispersers like Jamaican fruit-eating bats are often the inadvertent victims in misdirected campaigns to kill vampires. (Full text)

Artibeus jamaicensis is found in three types of tropical forests, namely rain forests, deciduous forests as well as scrub forests. (Full text)

The Jamaican fruit bat (Artibeus jamaicensis) is a fruit-eating bat that is listed as being found in the Lower Keys; however, no determination has been made on whether this bat is accidental or a resident. (Full text)

The Jamaica Fruit-eating Bat (Artibeus jamaicensis) is a widely distributed species (Knox Jones en Phillips, 1970) that could formerly be observed in the Belvédère and Deux Frères' area among others (Full text)

The mustard plant and the zebrafish are done, the water flea should be finished by the end of the year, and the Jamaican fruit-eating bat is still up in the air. (Full text)

This bat, Artibeus jamaicensis, is also known as the Jamaican fruit bat. (Full text)

1. Jamaican -- (a native or inhabitant of Jamaica)
Jamaican
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