Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat vs Forest Ironplum

Artibeus aequatorialis compared with Drypetes gerrardii

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat	Forest Ironplum
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Putranjivaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Drypetes
Species	Artibeus aequatorialis	Drypetes gerrardii

Conservation Status

Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Forest Ironplum

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat	Forest Ironplum
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.

Forest Ironplum

Habitat

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

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.