Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat vs Tear Dropper

Artibeus anderseni compared with Cylindrobasidium laeve

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat	Tear Dropper
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Physalacriaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Cylindrobasidium
Species	Artibeus anderseni	Cylindrobasidium laeve

Conservation Status

Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Tear Dropper

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat	Tear Dropper
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.

Tear Dropper

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Portugal, 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.