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Toltec fruit-eating bat

Artibeus toltecus (Saussure, 1860)

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The toltec fruit-eating bat (Artibeus toltecus) is a species in the family Phyllostomidae, order Chiroptera. Recorded adults weigh 14.1 g to 15.4 g.

Toltec fruit-eating bat (Artibeus toltecus)
Photo: Henri de Saussure · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the toltec fruit-eating bat

Weight
14.1 g – 15.4 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
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
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the toltec fruit-eating bat live?

Not recorded

What is the toltec fruit-eating bat?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The Toltec fruit-eating bat (Dermanura tolteca) is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is also sometimes called the "lowland fruit eating bat."

From the Wikipedia article “Toltec fruit-eating bat” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Toltec_fruit-eating_bat&oldid=1315335360), 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 toltec 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 toltec fruit-eating bat classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classMammalia
  4. orderChiroptera
  5. familyPhyllostomidae
  6. genusArtibeus
  7. SpeciesArtibeus toltecus (Saussure, 1860)
Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • Toltec fruit-eating bat.English

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Relatives of the toltec 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 toltec fruit-eating bat?

An adult toltec fruit-eating bat weighs 14.1 g – 15.4 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

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

The toltec fruit-eating bat (Artibeus toltecus) 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). Toltec fruit-eating bat (Artibeus toltecus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/toltec-fruit-eating-bat

MLA

“Toltec fruit-eating bat (Artibeus toltecus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/toltec-fruit-eating-bat.

BibTeX
@misc{toltec_fruit_eating_bat_2026,
  title = {Toltec fruit-eating bat (Artibeus toltecus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/toltec-fruit-eating-bat},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}