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Silver fruit-eating bat

Artibeus glaucus Thomas, 1893

Status not recordedbats

The silver fruit-eating bat (Artibeus glaucus) is a species in the family Phyllostomidae, order Chiroptera. Recorded adults weigh 11.1 g to 12.5 g.

Silver fruit-eating bat (Artibeus glaucus)
Photo: Daniel Giraud Elliot · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the silver fruit-eating bat

Weight
11.1 g – 12.5 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 silver fruit-eating bat live?

Not recorded

What is the silver fruit-eating bat?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The silver fruit-eating bat (Dermanura glauca) is a South American bat species of the family Phyllostomidae.

From the Wikipedia article “Silver fruit-eating bat” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Silver_fruit-eating_bat&oldid=1315319293), 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 silver 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 silver fruit-eating bat classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classMammalia
  4. orderChiroptera
  5. familyPhyllostomidae
  6. genusArtibeus
  7. SpeciesArtibeus glaucus Thomas, 1893

Synonyms Dermanura glauca

Other names and names in other languages (2)
  • Silvery fruit-eating batEnglish
  • Silvery fruit-eating batEnglish

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Relatives of the silver 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 silver fruit-eating bat?

An adult silver fruit-eating bat weighs 11.1 g – 12.5 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

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

The silver fruit-eating bat (Artibeus glaucus) 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

CreatureData. (2026). Silver fruit-eating bat (Artibeus glaucus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/silver-fruit-eating-bat

MLA

“Silver fruit-eating bat (Artibeus glaucus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/silver-fruit-eating-bat.

BibTeX
@misc{silver_fruit_eating_bat_2026,
  title = {Silver fruit-eating bat (Artibeus glaucus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/silver-fruit-eating-bat},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}