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Classification |
Common Name |
Diet |
Status |
Distribution |
| Family: Phyllostomidae |
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| Subfamily: Stenoderminae |
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| Artibeus jamaicensis parvipes |
Caribbean Fruit Bat |
Frugivore |
Common |
Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Turks & Caicos |
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Caribbean
Fruit Bat (Artibeus
jamaicensis parvipes) eats fruit and is found
in Cuba, Bahamas, Turks and Caicos, Grand Cayman, Cayman
Brac and Little Cayman. It roosts in dense foliage
and the front sections of caves. This is our largest
bat and feeds mainly on wild fruits and disburses
seeds throughout the islands. They emerge several hours
after sunset. Often piles of chewed Indian almond tree
seeds or Christmas palm berries can be found under
feeding roosts. This bat can cause staining on the
sides of buildings from its droppings as it flies around,
and can be a crop pest on thin-skinned fruits such
as naseberries, mangoes and papayas. The CI Bat Conservation
Project has information available to help solve these
problems though there are no perfect answers to all
problems.
Common |
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Photo by: Robin Rice |
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