Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat vs Tufted Foxtail

Artibeus anderseni compared with Alopecurus carolinianus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat	Tufted Foxtail
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Artibeus	Alopecurus
Species	Artibeus anderseni	Alopecurus carolinianus

Conservation Status

Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Tufted Foxtail

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat	Tufted Foxtail
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.

Tufted Foxtail

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Canada, France, Netherlands, and United Kingdom.

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.