Fraternal Fruit-eating Bat

The fraternal fruit-eating bat (Artibeus fraterculus) is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae that is found in drier habitats in Ecuador and Peru. It was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the Jamaican fruit bat, but was raised to species level in 1978. The smallest species in the group of large Artibeus (a group that also includes the Jamaican fruit bat, flat-faced fruit-eating bat, and great fruit-eating bat), it has a forearm length of 52–59 mm (2.

Artibeus, l’Artibé, est un genres de chauves-souris frugivores de la zone néotropicale, d'Amérique centrale et du Sud. Description Les artibés présentent un crâne de 5 à 10 cm de longueur et un poids de 10 à 85 g. Leur poil est marron ou gris en surface, plus clair dans l'épaisseur.

Artibeus fraterculus es una especie de murciélago de la familia Phyllostomidae. Distribución geográfica Se encuentra en Ecuador y Perú. Referencias SIMMONS, N.