Chickenweed vs Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat

Portulaca quadrifida compared with Artibeus gnomus

Key Differences

• Chickenweed is Not Evaluated while Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chickenweed	Dwarf 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	Portulacaceae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Portulaca	Artibeus
Species	Portulaca quadrifida	Artibeus gnomus

Conservation Status

Chickenweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chickenweed

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (4 countries), North America (Cuba), and Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands).

Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Chickenweed

The Chickenweed (Portulaca quadrifida) is a species in the genus Portulaca. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.