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Velvety fruit eating bat

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Chiroptera

Scientific name
  
Enchisthenes hartii

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Phyllostomidae

Higher classification
  
Enchisthenes

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Genus
  
Enchisthenes K. Andersen, 1906

Similar
  
Salvin's big‑eyed bat, Toltec fruit‑eating bat, Hairy big‑eyed bat, Pygmy fruit‑eating bat, Godman's long‑tailed bat

The velvety fruit-eating bat (Enchisthenes hartii) is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is monotypic within the genus Enchisthenes. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Peru, the United States, and Venezuela.

References

Velvety fruit-eating bat Wikipedia