Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat vs Centaury

Artibeus anderseni compared with Cirsium eliasianum

Key Differences

• Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern while Centaury is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat	Centaury
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Artibeus	Cirsium
Species	Artibeus anderseni	Cirsium eliasianum

Conservation Status

Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Centaury

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat	Centaury
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.

Centaury

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 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.

Centaury

The Centaury (Cirsium eliasianum) is a species in the genus Cirsium. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List.