Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat vs Fox Potato

Artibeus anderseni compared with Solanum lignicaule

Key Differences

• Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern while Fox Potato is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat	Fox Potato
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Solanaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Solanum
Species	Artibeus anderseni	Solanum lignicaule

Conservation Status

Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Fox Potato

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat	Fox Potato
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.

Fox Potato

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.