Hairy fruit-eating bat
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The hairy fruit-eating bat (''Artibeus hirsutus'') is a species of
bat Bats are mammals of the order Chiroptera.''cheir'', "hand" and πτερόν''pteron'', "wing". With their forelimbs adapted as wings, they are the only mammals capable of true and sustained flight. Bats are more agile in flight than most ...
in the family Phyllostomidae. It is
endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found else ...
to
Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...
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Artibeus Bats of Mexico Endemic mammals of Mexico Mammals described in 1906 Taxa named by Knud Andersen Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{leafnosed-bat-stub