Jamaica cherry (Muntingia calabura)

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Identidad taxonómica

Scientific name: Muntingia calabura L.
Canonical name: The scientific name without its authorship or date, for example Zea mays instead of Zea mays L.: Muntingia calabura
Authorship: The author or authors credited with publishing the scientific name. It is written after the name, sometimes with the year, for example L. (Linnaeus) in Zea mays L. An author in parentheses first published the name in another genus or rank.: L.
Common names: Jamaica cherry, Jamaica-cherry, Panama-berry, Singapore Cherry, Strawberrytree, calabur tree, calabur-tree, calabura, capulin, strawberry-tree
Names in other languages (46)
Buah Cheri, Buah ceri, Buah seri, Budo, Cacanicua, Capulí, Capulín, Cerezo, Ceri, Chichato, Chirriador, Chitató, Comida de paloma, Frutilla, Frutillo, Guanducillo, Guácimo macho, Jamaika-Beere, Kersen, Memiso, Niguita, Niguito, Nigüito, Panama Berry, Seri, Talok, Trứng cá, bois ramier, bolaina yamanaza, cacaniqua, capulín blanco, muntingia kalaburová, nigua, panamabär, periquito, puu manini tai, puu manini, puu manini, manini, manini oneone, quả trứng cá, rozcięg, tamauã, Мунтингия калабура, גרגר פנמה, ตะขบฝรั่ง, ナンヨウザクラ, 南美假櫻桃, 文定果, 西印度櫻桃
Kingdom: One of the broadest ranks of biological classification. It groups organisms that share very basic features, for example plants (Plantae), animals (Animalia) or fungi (Fungi).: Plantae
Phylum: Rank below kingdom that groups organisms with a shared general body plan, for example chordates (Chordata), arthropods (Arthropoda) or vascular plants (Tracheophyta). In botany the same rank is also called division.: Tracheophyta
Class: Rank below phylum, for example mammals (Mammalia), birds (Aves), insects (Insecta) or monocot plants such as grasses and orchids (Liliopsida).: Magnoliopsida
Order: Rank below class that groups related families, for example grasses and their relatives (Poales) or bats (Chiroptera).: Malvales
Family: Rank below order that groups related genera. Family names usually end in -aceae in botany (for example Poaceae, the grass family) and in -idae in zoology (for example Felidae, the cat family).: Muntingiaceae
Genus: Rank that groups closely related species. Its name is the first word of a species' scientific name and starts with a capital letter, for example Zea in Zea mays.: Muntingia
Specific epithet: The second word of a species' scientific name. On its own it does not name the species: it always goes with the genus, for example mays in Zea mays.: calabura
Taxonomic rank: The level a name occupies in the hierarchy of biological classification, such as kingdom, family, genus, species or subspecies.: species
Reference species: Muntingia calabura
Taxonomic status: Whether the taxonomic catalogue the record comes from currently accepts this name for the organism, or treats it as a synonym of another accepted name or as doubtful.: accepted name

Photos and conservation status

IUCN Red List category: The extinction-risk category that the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) assigns to a species on its Red List. EX Extinct: there is no reasonable doubt that the last individual has died. EW Extinct in the wild: it survives only in cultivation, in captivity or as a population far outside its past range. CR Critically endangered, EN Endangered and VU Vulnerable: the three threatened categories, from an extremely high to a high risk of extinction in the wild. NT Near threatened: close to qualifying as threatened. LC Least concern: evaluated and not threatened. DD Data deficient: there is not enough information to assess its risk. NE Not evaluated: not yet assessed against the criteria. It describes the risk of the species worldwide, not its situation in a project's area.: Least concern (LC)
Source: IUCN Red List via GBIF, queried on 2026-10-12 18:03.

Photo of Muntingia calabura L. — Photo: Carlos Domínguez-Rodríguez · CC BY 4.0 · View original image · Original observation

Research-grade iNaturalist observations via GBIF, CC0 or CC BY licences only, queried on 2026-10-12 18:03.

Interacciones documentadas

GloBI says it is documented somewhere in the world. Biolitica answers whether it could happen here.

A documented interaction means it was recorded somewhere in the world. It does not mean it occurs here.

Types shown: 9 of 9 is eaten by × is a host of × has its flowers visited by × interacts with × has as a vector × is visited by × is preyed upon by × is adjacent to × has as a parasite ×

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is eaten by 123 organisms

This term does declare that the organism harms this species.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented
Seba's Short-tailed Bat Carollia perspicillata Phyllostomidae	is eaten by	17	not compared
17 sources · 19 records doi:10.1002/ecy.1818 Published in globalbioticinteractions/bello2017 Record contexts (sample): no place published · no date published; no place published · no date published Faria 1996 Published in globalbioticinteractions/fricke2020 Context: Brazil · no date published Hayashi 1996 Published in globalbioticinteractions/fricke2020 Context: Brazil · no date published Castro-Luna 2012 Published in globalbioticinteractions/fricke2020 Context: Mexico · no date published Fleming 1977 Published in globalbioticinteractions/fricke2020 Context: Costa Rica · no date published Heithaus 1975 Published in globalbioticinteractions/fricke2020 Context: Costa Rica · no date published Junior 2010 Published in globalbioticinteractions/fricke2020 Context: Brazil · no date published Novoa 2011 Published in globalbioticinteractions/fricke2020 Context: Peru · no date published And 9 more sources, with fewer records, not listed here. A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Asian dwarf honey bee Apis florea Apidae	is eaten by	16	not compared
16 sources · 16 records https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/198786257 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Feb. 9, 2024 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/314002514 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Sept. 14, 2025 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/126935672 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · July 19, 2022 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/130369104 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Aug. 11, 2022 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/136671222 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · March 28, 2022 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/44361969 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · April 26, 2020 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/263155679 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Feb. 25, 2025 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/173205525 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · July 16, 2023 · Human observation And 8 more sources, with fewer records, not listed here. A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Pallas's Long-Tongued Bat Glossophaga soricina Phyllostomidae	is eaten by	14	not compared
14 sources · 16 records doi:10.1002/ecy.1818 Published in globalbioticinteractions/bello2017 Record contexts (sample): no place published · no date published; no place published · no date published Faria 1996 Published in globalbioticinteractions/fricke2020 Context: Brazil · no date published Hayashi 1996 Published in globalbioticinteractions/fricke2020 Context: Brazil · no date published Castro-Luna 2012 Published in globalbioticinteractions/fricke2020 Context: Mexico · no date published Fleming 1977 Published in globalbioticinteractions/fricke2020 Context: Costa Rica · no date published Garcia-Morales 2012 Published in globalbioticinteractions/fricke2020 Context: Mexico · no date published Heithaus 1975 Published in globalbioticinteractions/fricke2020 Context: Costa Rica · no date published Junior 2010 Published in globalbioticinteractions/fricke2020 Context: Brazil · no date published And 6 more sources, with fewer records, not listed here. A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Little Yellow-shouldered Bat Sturnira lilium Phyllostomidae	is eaten by	13	not compared
13 sources · 14 records doi:10.1002/ecy.1818 Published in globalbioticinteractions/bello2017 Record contexts (sample): no place published · no date published; no place published · no date published Faria 1996 Published in globalbioticinteractions/fricke2020 Context: Brazil · no date published Hayashi 1996 Published in globalbioticinteractions/fricke2020 Context: Brazil · no date published Castro-Luna 2012 Published in globalbioticinteractions/fricke2020 Context: Mexico · no date published Fleming 1977 Published in globalbioticinteractions/fricke2020 Context: Costa Rica · no date published Garcia-Estrada 2012 Published in globalbioticinteractions/fricke2020 Context: Guatemala · no date published Garcia-Morales 2012 Published in globalbioticinteractions/fricke2020 Context: Mexico · no date published Heithaus 1975 Published in globalbioticinteractions/fricke2020 Context: Costa Rica · no date published And 5 more sources, with fewer records, not listed here. A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

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is a host of 27 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it. In the source ontology symbiosis covers mutualism, commensalism and parasitism alike, so this block holds attackers and allies side by side.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented
Pseudocercospora muntingiae Mycosphaerellaceae	is a host of	14	not compared
14 sources · 14 records https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=1342678 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: Redland near, Miami Fruit Farm, Intercepted Miami Florida #40394 · June 6, 1966 · Preserved specimen https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=1342679 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: Redland Intercepted Miami Florida #30847 · Aug. 16, 1964 · Preserved specimen https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=1342680 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: no place published · Oct. 14, 1961 · Preserved specimen https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=1342681 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: Homestead, Dade Co. Subtropical Experiment Station · March 3, 1944 · Preserved specimen https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=1342682 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: Agana Intercepted Guam #2 · Aug. 20, 1981 · Preserved specimen https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=2934340 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: no place published · Oct. 2, 1940 · Preserved specimen https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=3579587 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: no place published · Oct. 2, 1940 · Preserved specimen Alfieri Jr., S.A., Langdon, K.R., Wehlburg, C., and Kimbrough, J.W.. 1984. Index of Plant Diseases in Florida (Revised). Florida Dept. Agric. and Consumer Serv., Div. Plant Ind. Bull. 11:1-389 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Context: United States · no date published And 6 more sources, with fewer records, not listed here. A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
BOLD:AAH7016 Gelechiidae	is a host of	6	not compared
6 sources · 6 records http://bins.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_RecordView?processid=MHMYG950-10 Published in globalbioticinteractions/bold Context: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector Mundo Nuevo, Camino Pozo Tres · Aug. 20, 2009 · Material sample http://bins.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_RecordView?processid=MHMYG952-10 Published in globalbioticinteractions/bold Context: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector Mundo Nuevo, Camino Pozo Tres · Aug. 19, 2009 · Material sample http://bins.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_RecordView?processid=MHMYG953-10 Published in globalbioticinteractions/bold Context: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector Mundo Nuevo, Camino Pozo Tres · Aug. 23, 2009 · Material sample http://bins.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_RecordView?processid=MHMYG954-10 Published in globalbioticinteractions/bold Context: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector Mundo Nuevo, Camino Pozo Tres · Aug. 21, 2009 · Material sample http://bins.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_RecordView?processid=MHMYG955-10 Published in globalbioticinteractions/bold Context: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector Mundo Nuevo, Camino Pozo Tres · Aug. 20, 2009 · Material sample http://bins.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_RecordView?processid=MHMYG957-10 Published in globalbioticinteractions/bold Context: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector Mundo Nuevo, Camino Pozo Tres · Aug. 23, 2009 · Material sample A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Pseudocercospora muntingiicola Mycosphaerellaceae	is a host of	5	no location
5 sources · 5 records Crous, P.W., and Braun, U.. 2003. %Mycosphaerella% and its anamorphs: 1. Names published in %Cercospora% and %Passalora%. Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures, Utrecht :571 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Context: Taiwan · no date published Hsieh, W.-H., and Goh, T.-K.. 1990. %Cercospora% and Similar Fungi from Taiwan. Maw Chang Book Co., Taipei. :376 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Context: Taiwan · no date published Liu, X.-J., and Guo, Y.-l., Eds.. 1998. Flora Fungorum Sinicorum. Vol. 9. %Pseudocercospora%. Science Press, Beijing :474 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Context: China · no date published Yen, J.-M.. 1977. Etude sur les champignons parasites du sud-est asiatique XXVI. Les %Cercospora% de Formose. II. Bull. Soc. Mycol. France 93:145-164 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Context: Taiwan · no date published Yen, J.-M.. 1978. Etude sur les champignons parasites du sud-est asiatique 33. Les %Cercospora% de Formose. V. Les %Pseudocercospora%. Bull. Soc. Mycol. France 94:385-389 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Context: Taiwan · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Pseudocercospora muntingiae	is a host of	4	no location
4 sources · 11 records Crous, P.W., and Braun, U.. 2003. %Mycosphaerella% and its anamorphs: 1. Names published in %Cercospora% and %Passalora%. Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures, Utrecht :571 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Record contexts (sample): United States · no date published; Guam · no date published Chupp, C.. 1954. Monograph of the fungus genus %Cercospora%. Published by the Author, Ithaca, New York :667 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Context: United States · no date published Liu, P.S.W.. 1977. A supplement to a host list of plant diseases in Sabah, Malaysia.. Phytopathol. Pap. 21:1-49 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Context: Malaysia · no date published Parreira, D.F., Ferreira, P.A., Durate, H.S.S., Capucho, A.S., and Zambolim, L.. 2009. First report of %Pseudocercospora muntingiae% on %Muntingia calabura% in Brazil. Australasian Plant Disease Notes 4:110-113 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Context: Brazil · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

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Flower visit

has its flowers visited by 26 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it. Visiting a flower is not pollinating it. «Pollinates» is a different term and a different block, and merging the two is the measured defect that turned ~88 shared «pollinators» into birds and primates.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented
Asian dwarf honey bee Apis florea Apidae	has its flowers visited by	4	not compared
4 sources · 4 records https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/198786257 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Feb. 9, 2024 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/229909139 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · July 3, 2024 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/332953521 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Dec. 28, 2025 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/138937475 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Oct. 9, 2022 · Human observation A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
European Honey Bee Apis mellifera Apidae	has its flowers visited by	3	not compared
3 sources · 3 records https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/334900197 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Jan. 15, 2026 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/334900322 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Jan. 15, 2026 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/338778857 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Feb. 15, 2026 · Human observation A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Mexican Pitted-Stingless bee Nannotrigona perilampoides Apidae	has its flowers visited by	3	not compared
3 sources · 3 records https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/336023357 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Jan. 24, 2026 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/336023395 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Jan. 24, 2026 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/23861813 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · April 28, 2019 · Human observation A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Great Southern White Ascia monuste Pieridae	has its flowers visited by	3	not compared
3 sources · 3 records https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/312891355 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · July 19, 2025 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/312891399 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · July 19, 2025 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/312906698 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · July 19, 2025 · Human observation A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

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interacts with 17 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented
Partamona peckolti	interacts with	8	no location
8 sources · 8 records 5c8f8d36-d4c7-476e-8a28-ecdda9c0f9bd Published in globalbioticinteractions/ku-semc Context: El Llano, 2km NW · May 23, 1981 · Preserved specimen d2550722-4557-4d03-b2ae-64f80d6bfd8b Published in globalbioticinteractions/ku-semc Context: El Llano, 2km NW · May 23, 1981 · Preserved specimen 86f42689-b60d-4c0e-887d-d7352aff82b3 Published in globalbioticinteractions/ku-semc Context: El Llano, 2km NW · May 23, 1981 · Preserved specimen 63058513-b35e-462f-9013-fd7b3ad47184 Published in globalbioticinteractions/ku-semc Context: El Llano, 2km NW · May 23, 1981 · Preserved specimen 0c061b30-a38c-40ed-879f-6561ec756e1f Published in globalbioticinteractions/ku-semc Context: El Llano, 2km NW · May 23, 1981 · Preserved specimen 1e14ed57-9f1e-4d9d-b33b-1fddeec67e76 Published in globalbioticinteractions/ku-semc Context: El Llano, 2km NW · May 23, 1981 · Preserved specimen 0f091e35-02a7-4a19-87c4-2db74b310c1e Published in globalbioticinteractions/ku-semc Context: El Llano, 2km NW · May 23, 1981 · Preserved specimen e7ed7f65-199c-4f4b-b500-4f8a3706a8da Published in globalbioticinteractions/ku-semc Context: El Llano, 2km NW · May 23, 1981 · Preserved specimen A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Greater Shortnosed Fruit Bat Cynopterus sphinx Pteropodidae	interacts with	5	no location
5 sources · 5 records Sheherazade et al., 2017 Published in globalbioticinteractions/aziz2021 Context: Indonesia (Java) · no date published Bumrungsri et al., 2007 Published in globalbioticinteractions/aziz2021 Context: Thailand · no date published Sudhakaran and Doss, 2012 Published in globalbioticinteractions/aziz2021 Context: India · no date published Bhat, 1994 Published in globalbioticinteractions/aziz2021 Context: India · no date published Singaravelan and Marimuthu, 2006 Published in globalbioticinteractions/aziz2021 Context: India · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Lesser Dog-faced Fruit Bat Cynopterus brachyotis Pteropodidae	interacts with	5	no location
5 sources · 6 records Sheherazade et al., 2017 Published in globalbioticinteractions/aziz2021 Record contexts (sample): Indonesia (Java) · no date published; Indonesia (Java) · no date published Chan et al., 2020 Published in globalbioticinteractions/aziz2021 Context: Singapore · no date published Phua and Corlett, 1989 Published in globalbioticinteractions/aziz2021 Context: Singapore · no date published Tan et al., 1998 Published in globalbioticinteractions/aziz2021 Context: Malaysia (Peninsula) · no date published Bumrungsri et al., 2007 Published in globalbioticinteractions/aziz2021 Context: Thailand · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Pteromalid wasp Idioporus affinis Idioporidae	interacts with	2	no location
2 sources · 2 records LaSalle, J., Polaszek, A., Noyes, J.S. & Zolnerowich, G. (1997) A new whitefly parasitoid (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae: Eunotinae) with comments on its placement, an implications for classification of Chalcidoidea with particular reference to the Eriaporinae (Hymenoptera: Aphe… Published in urn:lsid:checklistbank.org:dataset:124661 Context: no place published · no date published @article{76683, author = {LaSalle, J. and Polaszek, A. and Noyes, J.S. and Zolnerowich, G.}, booktitle = {Systematic Entomology}, journal = {Systematic Entomology}, month = {apr}, day = {30}, pages = {131-150}, title = {A new whitefly parasitoid (Hymenoptera: Ptero… Published in globalbioticinteractions/taxonworks Context: no place published · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

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has as a vector 15 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented
Seba's Short-tailed Bat Carollia perspicillata Phyllostomidae	has as a vector	10	not compared
10 sources · 10 records Heithaus, E. R. & T. H. Fleming. 1978. Foraging movements of a frugivorous bat, Carollia perspicillata (Phyllostomatidae). Ecological Monographs 48 (2): 127-143. Published in globalbioticinteractions/batbase Context: Parque Nacional Santa Rosa · no date published Heithaus, E. R., T. H. Fleming & P. A. Opler. 1975. Foraging patterns and resource utilization in seven species of bats in a seasonal tropical forest. Ecology 56: 841-854. Published in globalbioticinteractions/batbase Context: Finca La Pacifica, Guanacaste · no date published Fleming, T. H. & E. R. Heithaus. 1986. Seasonal foraging behaviour of the frugivorous bat Carollia perspillata. Journal of Mammalogy 67 (4): 660-671. Published in globalbioticinteractions/batbase Context: Parque Nacional Santa Rosa · no date published Fleming, T. H. 1988. The short-tailed fruit bat. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, USA. Published in globalbioticinteractions/batbase Context: Parque Nacional Santa Rosa · no date published Fleming, T. H. 1991. The relationship between body size, diet, and habitat use in frugivorous bats, genus Carollia (Phyllostomatidae). Journal of Mammalogy 72 (3): 493-501. Published in globalbioticinteractions/batbase Context: Parque Nacional Santa Rosa · no date published Fleming, T. H., et al. 1985. Phenology, seed dispersal, and colonization in Muntingia calabura, a Neotropical pioneer tree. American Journal of Botany 72 (3): 383-391. Published in globalbioticinteractions/batbase Context: Parque Nacional Santa Rosa · no date published Fleming, T. H., E. R. Heithaus & W. B. Sawyer. 1977. An experimental analysis of the food location behavior of frugivorous bats. Ecology 58: 619-627. Published in globalbioticinteractions/batbase Context: Parque Nacional Santa Rosa · no date published Gardner, A. L. 1977. Feeding habits. In: Biology of bats of the New World family Phyllostomatidae. Part II (R. J. Baker, J. K. Jones & D. C. Carter, eds.). pp. 293-350. The Museum, Texas Tech University Press, Lubbock, USA. Published in globalbioticinteractions/batbase Context: Unspecified · no date published And 2 more sources, with fewer records, not listed here. A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Pallas's Long-Tongued Bat Glossophaga soricina Phyllostomidae	has as a vector	7	not compared
7 sources · 7 records Heithaus, E. R., T. H. Fleming & P. A. Opler. 1975. Foraging patterns and resource utilization in seven species of bats in a seasonal tropical forest. Ecology 56: 841-854. Published in globalbioticinteractions/batbase Context: Finca La Pacifica, Guanacaste · no date published Fleming, T. H. 1988. The short-tailed fruit bat. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, USA. Published in globalbioticinteractions/batbase Context: Parque Nacional Santa Rosa · no date published Fleming, T. H., et al. 1985. Phenology, seed dispersal, and colonization in Muntingia calabura, a Neotropical pioneer tree. American Journal of Botany 72 (3): 383-391. Published in globalbioticinteractions/batbase Context: Parque Nacional Santa Rosa · no date published Fleming, T. H., E. R. Heithaus & W. B. Sawyer. 1977. An experimental analysis of the food location behavior of frugivorous bats. Ecology 58: 619-627. Published in globalbioticinteractions/batbase Context: Parque Nacional Santa Rosa · no date published Gardner, A. L. 1977. Feeding habits. In: Biology of bats of the New World family Phyllostomatidae. Part II (R. J. Baker, J. K. Jones & D. C. Carter, eds.). pp. 293-350. The Museum, Texas Tech University Press, Lubbock, USA. Published in globalbioticinteractions/batbase Context: Costa Rica · no date published Bonaccorso, F. J. & T. J. Gush. 1987. Feeding behaviour and foraging strategies of captive phyllostomid fruit bats: an experimental study. Journal of Animal Ecology 56: 907-920. Published in globalbioticinteractions/batbase Context: Parque Nacional Santa Rosa · no date published Castro-Luna, A. A. & J. Galindo-González. 2012. Seed dispersal by phyllostomid bats in two contrasting vegetation types in a Mesoamerican reserve. Acta Chiropterologica 14 (1): 133-142. Published in globalbioticinteractions/batbase Context: Agua Blanca State Park · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Gray Short-tailed Bat Carollia subrufa Phyllostomidae	has as a vector	4	not compared
4 sources · 4 records Fleming, T. H. 1988. The short-tailed fruit bat. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, USA. Published in globalbioticinteractions/batbase Context: Parque Nacional Santa Rosa · no date published Fleming, T. H. 1991. The relationship between body size, diet, and habitat use in frugivorous bats, genus Carollia (Phyllostomatidae). Journal of Mammalogy 72 (3): 493-501. Published in globalbioticinteractions/batbase Context: Parque Nacional Santa Rosa · no date published Fleming, T. H., et al. 1985. Phenology, seed dispersal, and colonization in Muntingia calabura, a Neotropical pioneer tree. American Journal of Botany 72 (3): 383-391. Published in globalbioticinteractions/batbase Context: Parque Nacional Santa Rosa · no date published Bonaccorso, F. J. & T. J. Gush. 1987. Feeding behaviour and foraging strategies of captive phyllostomid fruit bats: an experimental study. Journal of Animal Ecology 56: 907-920. Published in globalbioticinteractions/batbase Context: Parque Nacional Santa Rosa · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Jamaica Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus jamaicensis Phyllostomidae	has as a vector	4	not compared
4 sources · 4 records Heithaus, E. R., T. H. Fleming & P. A. Opler. 1975. Foraging patterns and resource utilization in seven species of bats in a seasonal tropical forest. Ecology 56: 841-854. Published in globalbioticinteractions/batbase Context: Finca La Pacifica, Guanacaste · no date published Gardner, A. L. 1977. Feeding habits. In: Biology of bats of the New World family Phyllostomatidae. Part II (R. J. Baker, J. K. Jones & D. C. Carter, eds.). pp. 293-350. The Museum, Texas Tech University Press, Lubbock, USA. Published in globalbioticinteractions/batbase Context: Mexico · no date published Silva-Taboada, G. 1979. Los murciélagos de Cuba. pp. 1-423. Editorial Academia, Havana, Cuba. Published in globalbioticinteractions/batbase Context: Cuba · no date published Vázquez-Yanes, C., et al. 1975. Observations on seed dispersal by bats in a tropical humid region in Veracruz, Mexico. Biotropica 7 (2): 73-76. Published in globalbioticinteractions/batbase Context: Los Tuxtlas · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

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is visited by 7 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented
lynx spiders Peucetia rubrolineata Oxyopidae	is visited by	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/340102546 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Feb. 21, 2026 · Human observation A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina Parulidae	is visited by	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/140882245 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Oct. 30, 2022 · Human observation A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Mexican Cacique Cassiculus melanicterus Icteridae	is visited by	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/369848001 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · June 5, 2026 · Human observation A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Streak-backed Oriole Icterus pustulatus Icteridae	is visited by	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/372085440 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · May 28, 2026 · Human observation A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

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is preyed upon by 2 organisms

This term does declare that the organism harms this species.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented
Asian dwarf honey bee Apis florea Apidae	is preyed upon by	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/173205525 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · July 16, 2023 · Human observation A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Vernal Hanging-parrot Loriculus vernalis Psittacidae	is preyed upon by	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/141886256 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Oct. 13, 2022 · Human observation A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

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is adjacent to 1 organism

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented	Actions
jumping spiders Corythalia opima Salticidae	is adjacent to	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record http://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:25507 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mcz Context: Cañas, La Pacifica · July 1, 1976 · Preserved specimen A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

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has as a parasite 1 organism

This term does declare that the organism harms this species.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented	Actions
Pteromalid wasp Idioporus affinis Idioporidae	has as a parasite	1	no location
1 source · 1 record LaSallPoNo997 via Universal Chalcidoidea Database Published in globalbioticinteractions/natural-history-museum-london-interactions-bank Context: no place published · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

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