Jamaican Fruit-eating Bat
Field guide
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Jamaican Fruit-eating Bat

Artibeus jamaicensis

Overview

Monteverde, Tortuguero and Arenal are the three atlas places where the Jamaican Fruit-eating Bat is recorded, with records concentrating in Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia, the Dominican Republic and Brazil. The atlas holds 2,906 records of this mammal across 24 countries, and the map shows where these records concentrate.

Because this species is recorded in both hemispheres, seasons differ by region and each place page shows the months recorded there.

Records
2,906
Countries
24
Atlas places
3
Recorded in and around these atlas places

These are open occurrence records, so they show where people looked for and recorded the Jamaican Fruit-eating Bat as much as where it lives. The atlas keeps a species' 200 best-recorded grid cells, so the map shows where records concentrate rather than its whole range. Cells are up to 25 km across, and every location is generalised to its cell.

Where you'll find them

Generalised encounter areas, not exact locations. Each shape is a grid cell coloured by how likely the species is there.

  • Mexico
    25 km zone · high confidence · 2299 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Guatemala
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 162 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Brazil
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 36 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Cayman Islands
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 30 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Honduras
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 22 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • El Salvador
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 20 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Guadeloupe
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 16 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Colombia
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 84 records · updated 40 days ago
    Likely
  • Dominican Republic
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 51 records · updated 40 days ago
    Likely
  • Panama
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 25 records · updated 40 days ago
    Likely

Conservation status not assessed here yet, so every location is generalised to its grid cell.

Photographs
1 of Jamaican Fruit-eating Bat