Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat vs Cowberry Redleaf

Artibeus aequatorialis compared with Exobasidium vaccinii

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat	Cowberry Redleaf
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Exobasidiomycetes (Exobasidiomycetes)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Exobasidiales (Exobasidiales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Exobasidiaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Exobasidium
Species	Artibeus aequatorialis	Exobasidium vaccinii

Conservation Status

Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Cowberry Redleaf

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat	Cowberry Redleaf
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.

Cowberry Redleaf

Habitat

Native to Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States.

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.