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Pygmy fruit-eating bat
Order : Chiroptera
Family : Phyllostomidae
Subfamily : Stenodermatinae
Species : Artibeus phaeotis
The Pygmy 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
Namings for the pygmy fruiteating bat
A young / baby of a pygmy fruiteating bat is called a 'pup'. A pygmy fruiteating bat group is called a 'colony or cloud'.Countries
Belize, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru and Venezuela
Facts about the pygmy fruit-eating bat
Artibeus phaeotis is similar but has completely yellow or white edged ears. (Full text)
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2. Pygmy, Pigmy -- (any member of various peoples having an average height of less than five feet)
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