Corn vs Hairy Fruit-eating Bat

Zea mays compared with Artibeus hirsutus

Key Differences

• Corn is Not Evaluated while Hairy Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Corn	Hairy Fruit-eating Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Poaceae (Grass Family)	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Zea	Artibeus
Species	Zea mays	Artibeus hirsutus

Conservation Status

Corn

NE — Not Evaluated

Hairy Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Corn	Hairy Fruit-eating Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Corn

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (10 countries), Asia (4 countries), Europe (25 countries), North America (Canada, Costa Rica, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador).

Hairy Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.