It is the only living species in the genus Ariteus. The scientific name translates as "yellowish and warlike". The Jamaican fig-eating bat (Ariteus flavescens) is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. This article is within the scope of WikiProject Mammals, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of mammal-related subjects on Wikipedia.If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks. It is monotypic within the genus Ariteus. Source. There are no recognised subspecies. Florida Bat Conservancy 1690 Pine Island Road Merritt Island, FL 32953 USA Phone: (727) 710-2287 Downloaded on 30 July 2007. According to the ICUN, the Jamaican Fruit Bat is listed as least concern which means that they does not qualified for being critically endangered, endangered or in any way threatened (Miller et al. Ariteus flavescens (Jamaican Fig-eating Bat) is a species of bats in the family New World leaf-nosed bats. 2008). C This article has been rated as C-Class on the project's quality scale. The Jamaican Fig-eating Bat (Ariteus flavescens) is a species of bat in the Phyllostomidae family. It is a invertivore . 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. It is found in the Neotropics . It is the only living species in the genus Ariteus. Ariteus flavescens. The Jamaican fig-eating bat (Ariteus flavescens) is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is endemic to Jamaica. The scientific name translates as 'yellowish and warlike'. Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. UWI The Online Guide to the Animals of Trinidad and Tobago Ecology