Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat vs Delicate Horsetail

Artibeus aequatorialis compared with Equisetum scirpoides

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat	Delicate Horsetail
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Equisetales (Equisetales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Equisetaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Equisetum
Species	Artibeus aequatorialis	Equisetum scirpoides

Conservation Status

Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Delicate Horsetail

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat	Delicate Horsetail
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.

Delicate Horsetail

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries) and North America (Canada, 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.