Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat vs Mérida Nightshade

Artibeus anderseni compared with Solanum ripense

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat	Mérida Nightshade
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 ripense

Conservation Status

Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Mérida Nightshade

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat	Mérida Nightshade
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.

Mérida Nightshade

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Colombia.

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.