Jamaican Fruit Bat
The Jamaican, Common or Mexican fruit bat (Artibeus jamaicensis) is a fruit eating bat native to Central and South America, as well as the Greater and many of the Lesser Antilles. It is also an uncommon resident of the Southern Bahamas. Its distinctive features include the absence of an external tail and a minimal, U-shaped interfemoral membrane.
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