Great fruit-eating bat

Great fruit-eating bat
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Phyllostomidae
Genus:	Artibeus
Species:	A. lituratus
Binomial name
	Artibeus lituratus; Olfers, 1818
Synonyms
	Artibeus intermedius Allen, 1897

The great fruit-eating bat (Artibeus lituratus) is a bat species found from Mexico to Brazil and Argentina, as well as in Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Grenada, Martinique, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Trinidad and Tobago.

Description

They weigh 10.5 grams (0.37 oz) at birth and grow to 65 grams (2.3 oz) as adults.[2] The heart of A. lituratus contains unique membranous structures not seen in any other mammal. The functions of these differences are still being studied, but may possibly aid in keeping the heart in the correct position while upside down, flight assistance, and energy reservation.[3]

Threats

Reproductive damage within A. lituratus has been linked with the insecticide deltamethrin.[4]

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References

Barquez, R.; Perez, S.; Miller, B.; Diaz, M. (2015). "Artibeus lituratus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T2136A21995720. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T2136A21995720.en. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
Longevity, ageing, and life history of Artibeus lituratus accessed 6 October 2010
Alves, Júlia Guimarães Mendes; Freitas, Mariella Bontempo; Cruz, Jader S.; Paglia, Adriano (2022-07-06). "The heart of a flying mammal: shared and unique features of the cardiac anatomy of the great fruit-eating bat Artibeus lituratus". Brazilian Journal of Mammalogy (91): e91202246. doi:10.32673/bjm.vi91.46. ISSN 2764-0590.
Oliveira, Jerusa Maria de; Lima, Graziela Domingues de Almeida; Destro, Ana Luiza Fonseca; Condessa, Suellen; Zuanon, Jener Alexandre Sampaio; Freitas, Mariella Bontempo; Oliveira, Leandro Licursi de (2021-09-01). "Short-term intake of deltamethrin-contaminated fruit, even at low concentrations, induces testicular damage in fruit-eating bats (Artibeus lituratus)". Chemosphere. 278: 130423. doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.130423. ISSN 0045-6535. PMID 33819891.

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[IUCN-1] Barquez, R.; Perez, S.; Miller, B.; Diaz, M. (2015). "Artibeus lituratus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T2136A21995720. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T2136A21995720.en. Retrieved 19 June 2022.

[2] Longevity, ageing, and life history of Artibeus lituratus accessed 6 October 2010

[3] Alves, Júlia Guimarães Mendes; Freitas, Mariella Bontempo; Cruz, Jader S.; Paglia, Adriano (2022-07-06). "The heart of a flying mammal: shared and unique features of the cardiac anatomy of the great fruit-eating bat Artibeus lituratus". Brazilian Journal of Mammalogy (91): e91202246. doi:10.32673/bjm.vi91.46. ISSN 2764-0590.

[4] Oliveira, Jerusa Maria de; Lima, Graziela Domingues de Almeida; Destro, Ana Luiza Fonseca; Condessa, Suellen; Zuanon, Jener Alexandre Sampaio; Freitas, Mariella Bontempo; Oliveira, Leandro Licursi de (2021-09-01). "Short-term intake of deltamethrin-contaminated fruit, even at low concentrations, induces testicular damage in fruit-eating bats (Artibeus lituratus)". Chemosphere. 278: 130423. doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.130423. ISSN 0045-6535. PMID 33819891.