Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat vs Wild Pimento

Artibeus anderseni compared with Pimenta obscura

Key Differences

• Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern while Wild Pimento is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat	Wild Pimento
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Myrtaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Pimenta
Species	Artibeus anderseni	Pimenta obscura

Conservation Status

Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Wild Pimento

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat	Wild Pimento
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.

Wild Pimento

Habitat

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

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.