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Great fruit-eating bat

Artibeus lituratus (Olfers, 1818)

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The great fruit-eating bat (Artibeus lituratus) is a species in the family Phyllostomidae, order Chiroptera. Recorded adults weigh 46.1 g to 60.5 g and live up to 10.5 years. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Great fruit-eating bat (Artibeus lituratus)
Photo: Juan Cruzado Cortés · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the great fruit-eating bat

Weight
46.1 g – 60.5 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Wingspan
44.8 cmsrc for Wingspan
Lifespan
10.5 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Frugivoresrc for Diet
Longest recorded lifespan
19.2 years
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Gestation
107 dayssrc for Gestation
Young per litter or clutch
1src for Young per litter or clutch
Age at maturity
9.47 months – 12 monthssrc for Age at maturity
Litters or clutches a year
2src for Litters or clutches a year
Active
At night (nocturnal)src for Active
Lifestyle
Arborealsrc for Lifestyle
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

How big is the great fruit-eating bat?

GREAT FRUIT-EATING BAT · WINGSPAN 44.8 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 44.8 cm, the recorded maximum wingspan of the great fruit-eating bat is about 26% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the great fruit-eating bat live?

Not recorded

What is the great fruit-eating bat?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

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.

From the Wikipedia article “Great fruit-eating bat” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Great_fruit-eating_bat&oldid=1314091280), 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.

What does the great fruit-eating bat sound like?

Kai Medina (mk170101) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Is the great fruit-eating bat endangered?

The great fruit-eating bat is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the great fruit-eating bat classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classMammalia
  4. orderChiroptera
  5. familyPhyllostomidae
  6. genusArtibeus
  7. SpeciesArtibeus lituratus (Olfers, 1818)

Synonyms Artibeus intermedius, Phyllostomus lturatus

Other names and names in other languages (15)
  • Großer FruchtvampirGerman
  • Μεγάλη ΦρουτονυχτερίδαGreek
  • Murciélago frugívoro comúnSpanish
  • Murciélago frugívoro giganteSpanish
  • Murciélago frutero grande de líneas blancasSpanish
  • isoviiruhankkoFinnish
  • Artibée rayéeFrench
  • Grande artibeoItalian
  • オオアメリカフルーツコウモリJapanese
  • Stor FrukteterbladneseNorwegian Bokmål
  • Grote VruchtenvleermuisDutch
  • Owocowiec dużyPolish
  • Morcego-das-frutasPortuguese
  • Morcego-da-cara-brancaPortuguese
  • Большой фруктоядный листоносRussian

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistTAXREFWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the great fruit-eating bat

Other species in the same genus Artibeus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the great fruit-eating bat?

An adult great fruit-eating bat weighs 46.1 g – 60.5 g and has a wingspan of 44.8 cm, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the great fruit-eating bat endangered?

The great fruit-eating bat is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

How long does the great fruit-eating bat live?

The great fruit-eating bat has a recorded lifespan of 10.5 years.

How long is the great fruit-eating bat pregnant?

The recorded gestation period is 107 days.

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

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

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APA

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MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{great_fruit_eating_bat_2026,
  title = {Great fruit-eating bat (Artibeus lituratus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/great-fruit-eating-bat},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}