Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat vs Sofala Waxberry

Artibeus anderseni compared with Morella spathulata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat	Sofala Waxberry
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fagales (Beeches & Oaks)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Myricaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Morella
Species	Artibeus anderseni	Morella spathulata

Conservation Status

Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Sofala Waxberry

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat	Sofala Waxberry
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.

Sofala Waxberry

Habitat

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

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.