Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat vs River False Buttonweed

Artibeus anderseni compared with Spermacoce tenuior

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat	River False Buttonweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Rubiaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Spermacoce
Species	Artibeus anderseni	Spermacoce tenuior

Conservation Status

Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

River False Buttonweed

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat	River False Buttonweed
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.

River False Buttonweed

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Cuba, and Madagascar.

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.