Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat vs Tailed Dandelion

Artibeus anderseni compared with Taraxacum aurosulum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat	Tailed Dandelion
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Artibeus	Taraxacum
Species	Artibeus anderseni	Taraxacum aurosulum

Conservation Status

Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Tailed Dandelion

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat	Tailed Dandelion
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.

Tailed Dandelion

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

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.