The flat-faced fruit-eating bat (Artibeus planirostris) is a South American species of leaf-nosed bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is sometimes treated as a subspecies of the Jamaican fruit bat, but is distinguished by its larger size, faint stripes on the face and a third upper molar on each side, and genetic analysis suggests the two may not be closely related. Adults measure 8 to 11 centimetres in total length and weigh 40 to 69 grams, with brownish-grey fur, a broad skull, a short snout and a prominent triangular nose-leaf. It lives through much of northern and central South America east of the Andes, in forests from sea level to 2,000 metres and in open cerrado. It is nocturnal and feeds almost entirely on fruit, roosts in trees by day, and bears a single young.
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Artibeus planirostris fallax - southern Venezuela and Colombia, the Guyanas, through central and western Brazil to eastern Bolivia and extreme northern Argentina
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Artibeus planirostris fallax - southern Venezuela and Colombia, the Guyanas, through central and western Brazil to eastern Bolivia and extreme northern Argentina
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Artibeus planirostris planirostris - eastern Brazil, Paraguay
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Artibeus planirostris fallax - southern Venezuela and Colombia, the Guyanas, through central and western Brazil to eastern Bolivia and extreme northern Argentina
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Artibeus planirostris hercules - eastern Peru, eastern Ecuador
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Artibeus planirostris planirostris - eastern Brazil, Paraguay
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Artibeus planirostris hercules - eastern Peru, eastern Ecuador
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Artibeus planirostris fallax - southern Venezuela and Colombia, the Guyanas, through central and western Brazil to eastern Bolivia and extreme northern Argentina
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Distribution and habitat, subspecies ranges
Artibeus planirostris planirostris - eastern Brazil, Paraguay
Distribution and habitat, subspecies ranges, where it lives
Artibeus planirostris fallax - southern Venezuela and Colombia, the Guyanas, through central and western Brazil to eastern Bolivia and extreme northern Argentina
Distribution and habitat, subspecies ranges, where it lives (2)
Artibeus planirostris hercules - eastern Peru, eastern Ecuador
Behaviour and biology, diet
They feed almost entirely on fruit, although they may also eat small quantities of insects and mites.
Behaviour and biology, activity
Flat-faced fruit-eating bats are nocturnal and herbivorous.
Description, size
Flat-faced fruit-eating bats are moderately sized bats
In Group: Bats (Chiroptera), Lead
is a South American species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae
Child Taxon Of: Phyllostomidae, Lead, taxonomy
The flat-faced fruit-eating bat (Artibeus planirostris) is a South American species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae.
In Biome: Savanna, Distribution and habitat, biome
open cerrado habitats
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GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)Species profile, extinct flag
"extinct": false
Species profile, terrestrial flag
"terrestrial": true
View the Source 3. GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): GBIF species 2433271: IUCN Red List category of Flat-faced fruit-eating bat
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"category": "LEAST_CONCERN"
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