Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat vs Cupped Ear

Artibeus aequatorialis compared with Otidea cantharella

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat	Cupped Ear
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Pezizomycetes (Pezizomycetes)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Pezizales (Pezizales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Otideaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Otidea
Species	Artibeus aequatorialis	Otidea cantharella

Conservation Status

Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Cupped Ear

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat	Cupped Ear
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.

Cupped Ear

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

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.