Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat vs Water Chickweed

Artibeus aequatorialis compared with Stellaria aquatica

Key Differences

• Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern while Water Chickweed is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat	Water Chickweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Caryophyllaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Stellaria
Species	Artibeus aequatorialis	Stellaria aquatica

Conservation Status

Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Water Chickweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat	Water Chickweed
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.

Water Chickweed

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Norway, Taiwan, and United States.

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.