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Dwarf fruit-eating bat

Artibeus gnomus Handley, 1987

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The dwarf fruit-eating bat (Artibeus gnomus) is a species in the family Phyllostomidae, order Chiroptera. Recorded adults weigh 10.1 g to 12.3 g.

Dwarf fruit-eating bat (Artibeus gnomus)
Photo: Desmodus · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the dwarf fruit-eating bat

Weight
10.1 g – 12.3 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Frugivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
0.99src for Young per litter or clutch
Active
At night (nocturnal)src for Active
Lifestyle
Arborealsrc for Lifestyle
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the dwarf fruit-eating bat live?

Not recorded

What is the dwarf fruit-eating bat?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The gnome fruit-eating bat (Dermanura gnoma) is a bat species found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela. This species was originally determined to be different from the other known species of fruit bats, but later, in 1994 was mistakenly grouped under Artibeus cinereus as a synonym. However, this has since been corrected by more closely studying their physical differences and by biomolecular analysis.

From the Wikipedia article “Gnome fruit-eating bat” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gnome_fruit-eating_bat&oldid=1381554671), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the dwarf fruit-eating bat endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the dwarf fruit-eating bat classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classMammalia
  4. orderChiroptera
  5. familyPhyllostomidae
  6. genusArtibeus
  7. SpeciesArtibeus gnomus Handley, 1987

Synonyms Dermanura gnoma

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Relatives of the dwarf fruit-eating bat

Other species in the same genus Artibeus.

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Common questions

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How big is the dwarf fruit-eating bat?

An adult dwarf fruit-eating bat weighs 10.1 g – 12.3 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the dwarf fruit-eating bat?

The dwarf fruit-eating bat (Artibeus gnomus) belongs to the family Phyllostomidae in the order Chiroptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

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BibTeX
@misc{dwarf_fruit_eating_bat_2026,
  title = {Dwarf fruit-eating bat (Artibeus gnomus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/dwarf-fruit-eating-bat},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}