Big Caltropa vs Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat

Kallstroemia maxima compared with Artibeus gnomus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big Caltropa	Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Zygophyllales (Zygophyllales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Zygophyllaceae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Kallstroemia	Artibeus
Species	Kallstroemia maxima	Artibeus gnomus

Conservation Status

Big Caltropa

LC — Least Concern

Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big Caltropa	Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big Caltropa

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, and Cuba.

Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Big Caltropa

The Big Caltropa (Kallstroemia maxima) is a species in the genus Kallstroemia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.