Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat vs long yam

Artibeus anderseni compared with Dioscorea transversa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat	long yam
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Dioscoreales (Dioscoreales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Dioscoreaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Dioscorea
Species	Artibeus anderseni	Dioscorea transversa

Conservation Status

Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

long yam

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat	long yam
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.

long yam

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

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.