Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat vs Nutmeg

Artibeus anderseni compared with Myristica fragrans

Key Differences

• Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern while Nutmeg is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat	Nutmeg
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Magnoliales (Magnoliales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Myristicaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Myristica
Species	Artibeus anderseni	Myristica fragrans

Conservation Status

Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Nutmeg

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat	Nutmeg
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.

Nutmeg

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 6 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Congo (DRC), Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles), Asia (India, Laos, Taiwan), and South America (Brazil).

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.