Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat vs river moss

Artibeus anderseni compared with Fontinalis hypnoides

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat	river moss
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Bryophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Bryopsida (Bryopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Hypnales (Hypnales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Fontinalaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Fontinalis
Species	Artibeus anderseni	Fontinalis hypnoides

Conservation Status

Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

river moss

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat	river moss
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 moss

Habitat

Native to Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States.

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.