Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat vs Prickly Heath

Artibeus anderseni compared with Gaultheria mucronata

Key Differences

• Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern while Prickly Heath is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat	Prickly Heath
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Ericaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Gaultheria
Species	Artibeus anderseni	Gaultheria mucronata

Conservation Status

Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Prickly Heath

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat	Prickly Heath
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.

Prickly Heath

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Ireland, Norway, Sweden, and United Kingdom.

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.