Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat vs Prickly Pole

Artibeus anderseni compared with Bactris jamaicana

Key Differences

• Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern while Prickly Pole is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat	Prickly Pole
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Arecales (Arecales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Arecaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Bactris
Species	Artibeus anderseni	Bactris jamaicana

Conservation Status

Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Prickly Pole

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat	Prickly Pole
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 Pole

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.