Large fruit-eating bat

Large fruit-eating bat
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Phyllostomidae
Genus:	Artibeus
Species:	A. amplus
Binomial name
Artibeus amplus Handley, 1987

The large fruit-eating bat (Artibeus amplus) is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is found in the countries of Colombia, Guyana, and Venezuela.^[2] The large fruit-eating bat is one of only a few microbats that eats leaves (a behavior seen mostly in megabats).^[3]

References

1. Solari, S. (2018). "Artibeus amplus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T2121A22000620. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T2121A22000620.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
2. Lim, Burton; Wilson, Don (1993). "Taxonomic Status of Artibeus amplus (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) in Northern South America". Journal of Mammalogy. 74 (3): 763–768. doi:10.2307/1382300. JSTOR 1382300.
3. Ramoni, Damián Ruiz; Muñoz-Romo, Mariana; Ramoni-Perazzi, Paolo; Aranguren, Yani; Fermin, Gustavo (2011). "Folivory in the Giant Fruit-Eating Bat Artibeus amplus (Phyllostomidae): A Non-seasonal Phenomenon". Acta Chiropterologica. 13 (1): 195–199. doi:10.3161/150811011X578741.