Jamaican Fig-Eating Bat - Ariteus flavescens
( Gray, 1831 )

 

 



Subspecies: Unknown
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CITES Status: Not Listed
IUCN Status: Least Concern
U.S. ESA Status: Not Listed

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Life Span: in Captivity

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Habitat:
This bat is a tree-roosting species. Little information has been recorded about its natural history. It can be found in natural forest and cultivated fruit trees. Its diet has not been documented, extensively but it is frugivorous and has been known to eat naseberries. A pregnant female was caught in April; lactating females have been found in June (Genoways et al. 2005).

Range:
This species is known from Jamaica (Simmons 2005), in elevations between 0 to 1,500 m above sea level (Genoways et al. 2005).

Conservation:
Within Jamaica, it occurs in the Windsor protected area.

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