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Flat-faced Fruit-eating Bat
Vincent A. Vos, CC BY 4.0, via iNaturalist

Bats

Flat-faced Fruit-eating Bat

Artibeus planirostris (Spix, 1823)

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishFlat-faced Fruit-eating Bat
Dutch—
SpanishMurciélago frutero grande gris
Chinese扁吻美洲果蝠
Scientific nameArtibeus planirostris (Spix, 1823)

About this species

The flat-faced fruit-eating bat (Artibeus planirostris) is a South American species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is sometimes considered a subspecies of the Jamaican fruit bat, but can be distinguished by its larger size, the presence of faint stripes on the face, and of a third molar tooth on each side of the upper jaw. Genetic analysis has also shown that the two species may not be closely related.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassMammalia
OrderChiroptera
FamilyPhyllostomidae
GenusArtibeus

In Suriname

593Records in Suriname
4iNaturalist observations
1862First record
2025Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Sipaliwini275
  • Brokopondo63
  • Paramaribo3
  • Para1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

Sources & credits

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