Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat vs Starfruit

Artibeus anderseni compared with Damasonium bourgaei

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat	Starfruit
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Alismatales (Alismatales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Alismataceae
Genus	Artibeus	Damasonium
Species	Artibeus anderseni	Damasonium bourgaei

Conservation Status

Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Starfruit

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat	Starfruit
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.

Starfruit

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Found in Portugal.

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.