Great Fruit-eating Bat
Artibeus lituratus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassMammalia (Mamífers)
- OrderChiroptera (Ratpenats)
- FamilyPhyllostomidae (New World Leaf-nosed Bats)
- GenusArtibeus (Neotropical Fruit Bats)
- SpeciesArtibeus lituratus (Great Fruit-eating Bat)
Closest Relatives at Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve
Dark Fruit-eating Bat
Artibeus obscurus
Dermanura anderseni
Artibeus anderseni
Greater Spear-nosed Bat
Phyllostomus hastatus
MacConnell's bat
Mesophylla macconnelli
Bidentate Yellow-eared Bat
Vampyriscus bidens
Northern Little Yellow-eared Bat
Vampyressa thyone
Fischer's little fruit bat
Rhinophylla fischerae
Mimon crenulatum
Gardnerycteris crenulatum
Gianna's Yellow-shouldered Bat
Sturnira giannae
Carollia brevicauda
Carollia brevicaudum
Pygmy Round-eared Bat
Lophostoma brasiliense
Chestnut Short-Tailed Bat
Carollia castanea
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️🌙 When They're Spotted
Active throughout day and night · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Great Fruit-eating Bat in Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve?
About 7% of visitor-days record a Great Fruit-eating Bat sighting in Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve, based on 5 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Great Fruit-eating Bat in Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve?
April has the highest sighting rate for Great Fruit-eating Bat in Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve in our monthly data.