Hairy fruit-eating bat

Hairy fruit-eating bat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Phyllostomidae
Genus: Artibeus
Species: A. hirsutus
Binomial name
Artibeus hirsutus
K. Andersen, 1906

The hairy fruit-eating bat (Artibeus hirsutus) is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is endemic to Mexico. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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