Jamaican fig-eating bat

Jamaican fig-eating bat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Phyllostomidae
Genus: Ariteus
Gray, 1838
Species:
A. flavescens
Binomial name
Ariteus flavescens
Gray, 1831

The Jamaican fig-eating bat (Ariteus flavescens) is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is the only living species in the genus Ariteus.[2] The scientific name translates as "yellowish and warlike". There are no recognised subspecies.[2]

  1. ^ Davalos, L.; Arroyo-Cabrales, J.; Miller, B.; Reid, F.; Cuarón, A.D.; de Grammont, P.C. (2019). "Ariteus flavescens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T2110A21992222. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T2110A21992222.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Sherwin2005 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).