Genus

Neotropical Fruit Bats

Artibeus

3 species in our catalog · found in 8 parks

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Chordates)
ClassMammalia (Mammals)
OrderChiroptera (Bats)
FamilyPhyllostomidae (New World Leaf-nosed Bats)
GenusArtibeus (Neotropical Fruit Bats)

Species in this group

Artibeus jamaicensis

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Artibeus lituratus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Artibeus phaeotis

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Daily sighting probability by month

Probability-weighted average across the group's species

~10%

Jan

~10%

Feb

<5%

Mar

~10%

Apr

~10%

May

~10%

Jun

~20%

Jul

<5%

Aug

~10%

Sep

<5%

Oct

~10%

Nov

~10%

Dec

When they're spotted

When the group's species are recorded (aggregated)

Where to see Neotropical Fruit Bats

Warmer areas are where this group is recorded most often. Shaded: the known ranges of its 23 species, darker where more of them overlap (Mammal Diversity Database, Marsh et al. 2022). Our parks Our cities In captivity: 5 zoos & centres

Parks Ranked

#	Park	Country	Species	Daily sighting probability
1	Main Ridge Forest Reserve	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	1 of 3	~20%
	Jamaican Fruit-eating Bat			~20%
2	Calakmul Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	2 of 3	~20%
	Jamaican Fruit-eating Bat			~10%
	Pygmy Fruit Eating Bat			~10%
3	Bastimentos Island National Marine Park	🇵🇦 Panama	1 of 3	~20%
	Jamaican Fruit-eating Bat			~20%
4	Corcovado National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	1 of 3	~10%
	Great Fruit-eating Bat			~10%
5	La Amistad International Park (Panama)	🇵🇦 Panama	2 of 3	~10%
	Jamaican Fruit-eating Bat			~10%
	Great Fruit-eating Bat			<5%
6	Soberanía National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	2 of 3	~10%
	Jamaican Fruit-eating Bat			~10%
	Great Fruit-eating Bat			~10%
7	Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	1 of 3	~10%
	Jamaican Fruit-eating Bat			~10%
8	Parque Natural Metropolitano	🇵🇦 Panama	1 of 3	<5%
	Jamaican Fruit-eating Bat			<5%

Cities Ranked

#	City	Country	Species	Daily sighting probability
1	Santo Domingo	🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	1 of 3	~20%
	Jamaican Fruit-eating Bat			~20%
2	Cali	🇨🇴 Colombia	1 of 3	~10%
	Great Fruit-eating Bat			~10%
3	Guatemala City	🇬🇹 Guatemala	1 of 3	~10%
	Jamaican Fruit-eating Bat			~10%
4	Belo Horizonte	🇧🇷 Brazil	1 of 3	~10%
	Great Fruit-eating Bat			~10%
5	San José	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	1 of 3	~10%
	Great Fruit-eating Bat			~10%
6	Rio de Janeiro	🇧🇷 Brazil	1 of 3	~10%
	Great Fruit-eating Bat			~10%
7	Guadalajara	🇲🇽 México	1 of 3	<5%
	Jamaican Fruit-eating Bat			<5%

Zoos & Centres Where Found

#	Zoo / Centre	Country
1	Edmonton Valley Zoo	🇨🇦 Canada	In captivity
2	Mesker Park Zoo and Botanic Garden	🇺🇸 United States	In captivity
3	Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium	🇺🇸 United States	In captivity
4	Vancouver Aquarium	🇨🇦 Canada	In captivity
5	Montreal Biodome	🇨🇦 Canada	In captivity

Neotropical Fruit Bats

Species in this group

Jamaican Fruit-eating Bat

Great Fruit-eating Bat

Pygmy Fruit Eating Bat

Daily sighting probability by month

When they're spotted

Where to see Neotropical Fruit Bats

Parks Ranked

Cities Ranked

Zoos & Centres Where Found