Alectryon vs Flat-faced Fruit-eating Bat

Alectryon tropicus compared with Artibeus planirostris

Key Differences

• Alectryon is Near Threatened while Flat-faced Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Alectryon	Flat-faced Fruit-eating Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Sapindaceae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Alectryon	Artibeus
Species	Alectryon tropicus	Artibeus planirostris

Conservation Status

Alectryon

NT — Near Threatened

Flat-faced Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Alectryon	Flat-faced Fruit-eating Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Alectryon

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Flat-faced Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Alectryon

The Alectryon (Alectryon tropicus) is a species in the genus Alectryon. It is currently classified as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.