Dark fruit-eating bat vs Desert Dandelion

Artibeus obscurus compared with Taraxacum desertorum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dark fruit-eating bat	Desert Dandelion
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Artibeus	Taraxacum
Species	Artibeus obscurus	Taraxacum desertorum

Conservation Status

Dark fruit-eating bat

LC — Least Concern

Desert Dandelion

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dark fruit-eating bat	Desert Dandelion
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Dark fruit-eating bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Desert Dandelion

Habitat

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