The Ecological Register: Artibeus jamaicensis

Artibeus jamaicensis (Jamaican fruit-eating bat)

Mass: 48.0 g based on Kalko et al. 1996, Morrison 1980, Lukens Jr and Davis 1957, Kuns and Tashian 1954, Aguirre et al. 2002, Bernard 2001, Elizalde-Arellano et al. 2010, Estrada et al. 1993, Lawlor 1973, Lindhe Norberg and Norberg 2012, Meyer et al. 2008, Santana and Dumont 2009, Studier et al. 1983, Thomas 1984, Vleut et al. 2015 and ter Hofstede and Fenton 2005

Latitudinal range: -3.8° to 22.6°

Habitats: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (17), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (22), desert/xeric shrubland (1), temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (1), tropical/subtropical coniferous forest (1)

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Found in 43 samples

Belize: Lamanai

Colombia: La Reserva Natural La Montaña del Ocaso

Costa Rica: Cañas, Rincón de Osa

Guatemala: Tikal

Mexico: El Rancho (bats), Los Tuxtlas Biological Research Station (forest fragment bats), Biosphere Reserve Los Petenes (large forest islands), Lacanhá (rain forest), Northern Colima, Los Tuxtlas (forest, 1990 - 1992), Chamela Biosphere Reserve (dry forest), Chamela Biosphere Reserve (semi-dry forest), Country Club Campestre, Colegio Peninsular, La Casa, Cerro Tolistoque, Huamuchil (bats), Los Tuxtlas Biological Research Station (shaded plantation bats), Lacanhá (Ochroma pyramidale managed forest), Lacanhá (secondary forest), Los Tuxtlas (cocoa plantation, 1990 - 1992), Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve (partially surrounded, secondary forest), Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve (partially surrounded, rainforest), Misantla (bats, dry season), San Gabriel Mixtepec, Lacandona (riparian mature), Lacandona (riparian pasture), Comalcalco, El Chorro (mist nets), Carrizal Viejo (mist nets), Parque Estatal La Sierra, San Luis de la Paz, Cerro Colorado, Cueva de Abra (Late Pleistocene), Hacienda X-Conca

Panama: Chucantí Nature Reserve (Helipad), Chucantí Nature Reserve (Waterfall), Chucantí Nature Reserve (Potrerito), Chucantí Nature Reserve (Camp Site)

Peru: Parque Nacional Cerros de Amotape

Trinidad and Tobago: Victoria-Mayaro Forest Reserve

Venezuela: Negra Hipólita

Size measurements:

body mass	49.3 g	N = 616	Kalko et al. 1996
body mass	54.6 g	N = 23	Morrison 1980
♀ body mass	38.5 g	N = 1	Lukens Jr and Davis 1957
♂ body mass	60 g	N = 1	Kuns and Tashian 1954
♂ body mass	43.6 g	N = 1	Lukens Jr and Davis 1957
body mass	58.40 g	N = 29	Aguirre et al. 2002
body mass	45.8 g	N = 16	Bernard 2001
body mass	36.4 g	N = 1	Elizalde-Arellano et al. 2010
body mass	47 g	N = 193	Estrada et al. 1993
body mass	47.0 g	N = 6	Lawlor 1973
body mass	45 g	N = 1	Lindhe Norberg and Norberg 2012
body mass	48.4 g	N = 1	Meyer et al. 2008
body mass	47.9 g	N = 196	Santana and Dumont 2009
body mass	47.1 g	N = 8	Studier et al. 1983
body mass	50 g	N = 1	Thomas 1984
body mass	50 g	N = 1	Thomas 1984
body mass	46.1 g	N = 409	Vleut et al. 2015
body mass	43.4 g	N = 39	ter Hofstede and Fenton 2005