Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat vs Black-Widow

Artibeus anderseni compared with Geranium phaeum

Key Differences

• Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern while Black-Widow is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat	Black-Widow
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Geraniales (Geraniales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Geraniaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Geranium
Species	Artibeus anderseni	Geranium phaeum

Conservation Status

Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Black-Widow

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat	Black-Widow
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.

Black-Widow

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (11 countries) and North America (United States).

Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat

The Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat (Artibeus anderseni) 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.

Black-Widow

The Black-Widow (Geranium phaeum) is a species in the genus Geranium. Found across Europe (11 countries) and North America (United States).