Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat vs Syrian Mesquite

Artibeus anderseni compared with Prosopis farcta

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat	Syrian Mesquite
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Prosopis
Species	Artibeus anderseni	Prosopis farcta

Conservation Status

Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Syrian Mesquite

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat	Syrian Mesquite
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.

Syrian Mesquite

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Iran and Turkey.

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.