Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat vs lowland paca

Artibeus aequatorialis compared with Cuniculus paca

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat	lowland paca
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (Mammals)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Cuniculidae
Genus	Artibeus	Cuniculus
Species	Artibeus aequatorialis	Cuniculus paca

Evolutionary Relationship

Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat and lowland paca share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (Mammals)

Conservation Status

Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

lowland paca

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat	lowland paca
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.

lowland paca

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia 🇪🇨 Ecuador