Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat vs Furrowed Melilot

Artibeus anderseni compared with Melilotus sulcatus

Key Differences

• Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern while Furrowed Melilot is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat	Furrowed Melilot
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Melilotus
Species	Artibeus anderseni	Melilotus sulcatus

Conservation Status

Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Furrowed Melilot

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat	Furrowed Melilot
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.

Furrowed Melilot

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (14 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.