Artibeus planirostris (bat)

Mass: 54.4 g based on Barquez et al. 1999, Mena 2010, and Patterson et al. 1996

Diet: frugivore based on Willig et al. 1993, Patterson et al. 1996, Arteaga and Moya 2002, Andrade et al. 2008, Klingbell and Willig 2009, Ortêncio-Filho and Reis 2009, da Cunha et al. 2011, Shapiro and Bordignon 2014, and Miranda et al. 2015

Abundance: 0.21 to 53.48% (median 5.37%)

Latitudinal range: -25.1° to 10.4°

Habitats: desert/xeric shrubland (1), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (31), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (22), tropical/subtropical savanna (16), tropical/subtropical wetland (1)

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Found in 71 samples

Bolivia: Espíritu, Estación Biológica Tunquini, Beni Biological Station–Biosphere Reserve (savanna), Beni Biological Station–Biosphere Reserve (forest islands), Beni Biological Station–Biosphere Reserve (continuous forest), Santuario de Vida Silvestre Cavernas de Repechón (cultivo), Santuario de Vida Silvestre Cavernas de Repechón (barbecho), Santuario de Vida Silvestre Cavernas de Repechón (bosque joven), Santuario de Vida Silvestre Cavernas de Repechón (bosque maduro), El Porvenir (bats)

Brazil: Pousada das Araras, Panga Ecological Reserve, Ilha da Marambaia, Area de Pesquisas Ecológicas do Guamâ, Alter do Chäo, Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project Reserves 1501 and 1401, Una (forests), Reserva Ecológica Carnijo, Reserva Particular do Patrimônio Natural Serra das Almas, Amanä Sustainable Development Reserve (terra firme high-water under-storey), Säo Paulo, Bragança, Augusto Correa, Viseu, Nova Xavantina (site 1, rainy season), Morro de Säo Joäo, Refùgio de Vida Silvestre Mata do Junco, Middle Säo Francisco River, Campo Grande parks, Sonora, Barreirinhas, Campo Verde, Fazenda Cauaia, Parque Estadual Vila Rica do Espírito Santo, Mata Godoy, Colonia Juliano Moreira, Fazenda Congonhas (native woodland), Fazenda Congonhas (reforested area), Una (cabrucas), Ilhéus (cabrucas), Nova Xavantina (site 4, rainy season), Arthur Thomas Park, Private Natural Heritage Reserve Fazenda Almas, Lake Uauaçu (terra firme, low-water), Quinta da Boa Vista, Médio Rio Teles Pires, Base (wet season), Caju Private Natural Heritage Reserve

Colombia: Montería, Chorrillo, Tinije, Reserva Forestal Protectora Serranía de Coraza

Guyana: Burro-Burro River, Karisparu, Kurupukari

Paraguay: Estancia Sombrero, Parque Nacional Serrania San Luis

Peru: Reserva Nacional Allpahuayo-Mishana, Santa Marta, Truenococha, Mishana, Valle de Pozuzo, Aguas Claras Camp (mist nets), Cocha Paujil (mist nets), Refugio Juliaca (mist nets)

Venezuela: Monumento Natural Pico Codazzi (nivel bajo), Monumento Natural Pico Codazzi (nivel medio), Monumento Natural Pico Codazzi (nivel alto), Mayorica, Parque Recreacional Leonor Bernabó, El Silencio

Size measurements:
body mass52.3 gN = 36Barquez et al. 1999
body mass66 gN = 7Mena 2010
body mass59.3 gN = 1Patterson et al. 1996

See also Artibeus, Artibeus anderseni, Artibeus aztecus, Artibeus bogotensis, Artibeus cinereus, Artibeus concolor, Artibeus fimbriatus, Artibeus fraterculus, Artibeus glaucus, Artibeus gnomus, Artibeus hirsutus, Artibeus intermedius, Artibeus jamaicensis, Artibeus lituratus, Artibeus obscurus, Artibeus phaeotis, Artibeus ravus, Artibeus rosenbergi, Artibeus spp., Artibeus toltecus, Artibeus watsoni