Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat vs Dotted lancepod

Artibeus aequatorialis compared with Lonchocarpus punctatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat	Dotted lancepod
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Lonchocarpus
Species	Artibeus aequatorialis	Lonchocarpus punctatus

Conservation Status

Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Dotted lancepod

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat	Dotted lancepod
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.

Dotted lancepod

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia 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.