black-calabash vs Great Fruit-eating Bat

Amphitecna latifolia compared with Artibeus lituratus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	black-calabash	Great Fruit-eating Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Lamiales (Lamiales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Bignoniaceae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Amphitecna	Artibeus
Species	Amphitecna latifolia	Artibeus lituratus

Conservation Status

black-calabash

LC — Least Concern

Great Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

black-calabash

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Cuba.

Great Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

black-calabash

The Black-calabash (Amphitecna latifolia) is a species in the genus Amphitecna. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.