Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat vs ground cholla

Artibeus aequatorialis compared with Cylindropuntia echinocarpa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat	ground cholla
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Cactaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Cylindropuntia
Species	Artibeus aequatorialis	Cylindropuntia echinocarpa

Conservation Status

Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

ground cholla

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat	ground cholla
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.

ground cholla

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.