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Flat-faced Fruit-eating Bat

Artibeus planirostris

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Brazil.January 13, February 3, March 8, April 5, May 2, June 4, July 3, August 3, September 7, October 10, November 1, December 7.
Brazil66
Paraiba21
Peru18
Bolivia13
Colombia11
Rio Granda do Norte10
Antioquia9
Beni9
Distrito Federal8
Ceara7

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • NocturnalActive primarily at nightChecked by the maintainer

Dietary

  • InsectivoreFeeds primarily on insectsFrom its classification

Physical

  • EcholocationUses sonar to navigate and huntFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassMammals · Mammalia
OrderBats · Chiroptera
FamilyNew World Leaf-nosed Bats · Phyllostomidae
GenusNeotropical Fruit Bats · Artibeus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Flat-faced Fruit-eating Bat with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.