Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat vs Fringed rue

Artibeus anderseni compared with Ruta chalepensis

Key Differences

• Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern while Fringed rue is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat	Fringed rue
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Rutaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Ruta
Species	Artibeus anderseni	Ruta chalepensis

Conservation Status

Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Fringed rue

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat	Fringed rue
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.

Fringed rue

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Angola, Sao Tome and Principe), Europe (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Portugal, Spain), North America (Belize, United States), and South America (6 countries).

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia 🇪🇨 Ecuador