bellota vs Great Fruit-eating Bat

Beilschmiedia miersii compared with Artibeus lituratus

Key Differences

• bellota is Vulnerable while Great Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	bellota	Great Fruit-eating Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Laurales (Laurales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Lauraceae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Beilschmiedia	Artibeus
Species	Beilschmiedia miersii	Artibeus lituratus

Conservation Status

bellota

VU — Vulnerable

Great Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	bellota	Great Fruit-eating Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

bellota

Habitat

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

Great Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

bellota

The Bellota (Beilschmiedia miersii) is a species in the genus Beilschmiedia. It is currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.