Jamaican Fruit-eating Bat
Artibeus jamaicensis
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassMammalia (Mamífers)
- OrderChiroptera (Ratpenats)
- FamilyPhyllostomidae (New World Leaf-nosed Bats)
- GenusArtibeus (Neotropical Fruit Bats)
- SpeciesArtibeus jamaicensis (Jamaican Fruit-eating Bat)
Closest Relatives at Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve
Great Fruit-eating Bat
Artibeus lituratus
Toltec Fruit Eating Bat
Artibeus toltecus
Dermanura azteca
Artibeus aztecus
Vampire Bat
Desmodus rotundus
Wrinkle-Faced Bat
Centurio senex
Greater Broad-nosed Bat
Platyrrhinus vittatus
White Bat
Ectophylla alba
Pallas's Long-tongued Bat
Glossophaga soricina
Underwood's long-tongued bat
Hylonycteris underwoodi
Heller's Broad-nosed Bat
Platyrrhinus helleri
Geoffroy's tailless bat
Anoura geoffroyi
Common tent-making Bat
Uroderma bilobatum
📅 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 Jamaican Fruit-eating Bat in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve?
About 5% of visitor-days record a Jamaican Fruit-eating Bat sighting in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, based on 5 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Jamaican Fruit-eating Bat in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve?
December has the highest sighting rate for Jamaican Fruit-eating Bat in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve in our monthly data.