Hairy Fruit-Eating Bat - Artibeus hirsutus
( K. Andersen, 1906 )

 

 

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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 species has been collected most frequently in mist nets over ponds and streams, and in mango and fig orchards. Recorded daytime roosts include abandoned mines, small caves, buildings and beneath boulders. It has been collected in arid upland zones. Pregnant females have been collected from February to September, except March; and lactating females and scroted males have been taken in June, August and September (Webster and Jones 1983). Habitat loss of 6-13% has been estimated to have occurred over the last ten years (Cuaron and de Grammont pers. comm.).

Range:
This species is known on the Pacific versant from Sonora to Guerrero (Mexico; Simmons 2005).

Conservation:
It is found some protected areas, such as the Chamela-Cuixmala Reserve and the Sierra de Manantlan Reserve (Arroyo-Cabrales pers. comm.)

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