Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat vs Tree Protea

Artibeus aequatorialis compared with Protea nitida

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat	Tree Protea
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Proteales (Proteales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Proteaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Protea
Species	Artibeus aequatorialis	Protea nitida

Conservation Status

Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Tree Protea

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat	Tree Protea
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.

Tree Protea

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.