Jamaican fruit bat

Jamaican fruit bat
A researcher holds an outstretched Jamaican fruit bat.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Phyllostomidae
Genus: Artibeus
Species:
A. jamaicensis
Binomial name
Artibeus jamaicensis
Leach, 1821
Jamaican fruit bat range

The Jamaican, common, or Mexican fruit bat (Artibeus jamaicensis) is a frugivorous bat species native to the Neotropics.

  1. ^ Miller, B.; Reid, F.; Arroyo-Cabrales, J.; Cuarón, A.D.; de Grammont, P.C. (2016). "Artibeus jamaicensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T88109731A21995883. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T88109731A21995883.en. Retrieved 15 June 2022.