What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Silver Fruit-Eating Bat been recorded?

Artibeus glaucus occurrence evidence comes from 1,053 records in 13 countries and territories, from 1903 to 2022. Most records come from Venezuela.

MammaliaChiropteraPhyllostomidaeArtibeus

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

1,053 records across 13 countries and territories, 1903–2022.

Artibeus glaucus · GBIF taxon key 2433262

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-21. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: August.

12 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

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When it is recorded

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Peak month: August. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

19032022

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Silver Fruit-Eating Bat has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Silver Fruit-Eating Bat. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Venezuela 312
Costa Rica 185
Trinidad & Tobago 184
Peru 161
Colombia 138
Ecuador 37
Bolivia 12
Guyana 11
Honduras 5
Mexico 5
Brazil 1
Guatemala 1
Panama 1

Related animals

Others in the family Phyllostomidae.

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10,070 records
Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.