Velvety fruit-eating bat
| Velvety fruit-eating bat | |
|---|---|
| In Puntarenas, Costa Rica | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Phyllostomidae |
| Genus: | Enchisthenes K. Andersen, 1906 |
| Species: | E. hartii |
| Binomial name | |
| Enchisthenes hartii (Thomas, 1892) | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Artibeus hartii Thomas, 1892 | |
The velvety fruit-eating bat (Enchisthenes hartii), also known as Hart's little fruit bat, is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is the only species within the genus Enchisthenes. It is found in Central America, Mexico, the United States, and northern South America.