Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat vs pliant lettuce

Artibeus aequatorialis compared with Lactuca viminea

Key Differences

• Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern while pliant lettuce is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat	pliant lettuce
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Artibeus	Lactuca
Species	Artibeus aequatorialis	Lactuca viminea

Conservation Status

Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

pliant lettuce

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat	pliant lettuce
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.

pliant lettuce

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.