Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat vs Indian Sundew

Artibeus aequatorialis compared with Drosera indica

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat	Indian Sundew
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Droseraceae
Genus	Artibeus	Drosera
Species	Artibeus aequatorialis	Drosera indica

Conservation Status

Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Indian Sundew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat	Indian Sundew
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.

Indian Sundew

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Guinea, Namibia, and Taiwan.

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.