Big Needle Cactus vs Large Fruit-eating Bat

Coryphantha macromeris compared with Artibeus amplus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big Needle Cactus	Large Fruit-eating Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Cactaceae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Coryphantha	Artibeus
Species	Coryphantha macromeris	Artibeus amplus

Conservation Status

Big Needle Cactus

LC — Least Concern

Large Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big Needle Cactus	Large Fruit-eating Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big Needle Cactus

Habitat

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

Large Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Venezuela.

Big Needle Cactus

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