Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat vs serpent cactus

Artibeus aequatorialis compared with Peniocereus serpentinus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat	serpent cactus
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Cactaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Peniocereus
Species	Artibeus aequatorialis	Peniocereus serpentinus

Conservation Status

Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

serpent cactus

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat	serpent cactus
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.

serpent cactus

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Australia, South Africa, and Zambia.

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.