Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat vs cotton aphid

Artibeus aequatorialis compared with Aphis gossypii

Key Differences

• Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern while cotton aphid is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat	cotton aphid
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Hemiptera (Hemiptera)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Aphididae
Genus	Artibeus	Aphis
Species	Artibeus aequatorialis	Aphis gossypii

Evolutionary Relationship

Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat and cotton aphid share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

cotton aphid

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat	cotton aphid
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador.

cotton aphid

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (4 countries), Europe (29 countries), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Fiji, Micronesia).

Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat

The Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat (Artibeus aequatorialis) is a species in the genus Artibeus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.