Large fruit-eating bat
| Large fruit-eating bat | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Phyllostomidae |
| Genus: | Artibeus |
| Species: | A. amplus |
| Binomial name | |
| Artibeus amplus Handley, 1987 | |
The large fruit-eating bat (Artibeus amplus) is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is found in the countries of Colombia, Guyana, and Venezuela. The large fruit-eating bat is one of only a few microbats that eats leaves (a behavior seen mostly in megabats).
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