Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat vs Lesser Scalewort

Artibeus aequatorialis compared with Frullania microphylla

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat	Lesser Scalewort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Marchantiophyta (liverwort)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Jungermanniopsida (Jungermanniopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Porellales (Porellales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Frullaniaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Frullania
Species	Artibeus aequatorialis	Frullania microphylla

Conservation Status

Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Lesser Scalewort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat	Lesser Scalewort
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.

Lesser Scalewort

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Norway and Portugal.

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.