Listen to the great fruit-eating bat
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About the great fruit-eating bat
The great fruit-eating bat is a mammal in the family Phyllostomidae (order Chiroptera). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”. Adults have a wingspan of about 45 cm.
What does the great fruit-eating bat sound like?
Mammal voices range from infrasonic elephant rumbles to the ultrasonic clicks of bats and dolphins. Most are made in the larynx, shaped by the throat, mouth and nose, and used for contact, warning, courtship and – in some species – echolocation.
From Wikipedia
The great fruit-eating bat (Artibeus lituratus) is a bat species found from Mexico to Brazil and Argentina, as well as in Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Grenada, Martinique, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Trinidad and Tobago.
Frequently asked questions
What does a great fruit-eating bat sound like?
You can hear 1 recording of the great fruit-eating bat on this page. Mammal voices range from infrasonic elephant rumbles to the ultrasonic clicks of bats and dolphins.
Is the great fruit-eating bat endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the great fruit-eating bat as “least concern”.
What family does the great fruit-eating bat belong to?
The great fruit-eating bat (Artibeus lituratus) belongs to the family Phyllostomidae in the order Chiroptera.
Sources & credits
- Artibeus lituratus Defence Call by Kai Medina (mk170101) – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q306460 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Great fruit-eating bat – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Juan Cruzado Cortés – CC BY-SA 4.0