Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat vs Indian fleabane

Artibeus anderseni compared with Pluchea indica

Key Differences

• Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern while Indian fleabane is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat	Indian fleabane
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	Pluchea
Species	Artibeus anderseni	Pluchea indica

Conservation Status

Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Indian fleabane

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat	Indian fleabane
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.

Indian fleabane

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan, Taiwan, Yemen), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (7 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.