Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat vs sand muhly

Artibeus aequatorialis compared with Muhlenbergia arenicola

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat	sand muhly
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Artibeus	Muhlenbergia
Species	Artibeus aequatorialis	Muhlenbergia arenicola

Conservation Status

Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

sand muhly

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat	sand muhly
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.

sand muhly

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

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.