Artibeus jamaicensis - #812
Jamaican Fruit-eating Bat
Female with single young attached to underside
Geographic Distribution
Michoacan, Sinaloa, and Tamaulipas (Mexico) to Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, N Argentina, and E Brazil; Trinidad and Tobago; Greater and Lesser Antilles, S Bahamas. Perhaps Florida Keys
Order/Family
Phyllostomidae
Genus
Artibeus
Specific Epithet
jamaicensis
Image Location
Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico
Image Date
1981
Photographer
P V August