Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat vs custard-apple

Artibeus aequatorialis compared with Annona squamosa

Key Differences

• Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern while custard-apple is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat	custard-apple
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Magnoliales (Magnoliales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Annonaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Annona
Species	Artibeus aequatorialis	Annona squamosa

Conservation Status

Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

custard-apple

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat	custard-apple
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.

custard-apple

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (13 countries), Asia (10 countries), Europe (United Kingdom), North America (6 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (10 countries), and South America (6 countries).

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia 🇪🇨 Ecuador