Dark fruit-eating bat vs Devil's Shoestring

Artibeus obscurus compared with Tephrosia angustissima

Key Differences

• Dark fruit-eating bat is Least Concern while Devil's Shoestring is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dark fruit-eating bat	Devil's Shoestring
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Tephrosia
Species	Artibeus obscurus	Tephrosia angustissima

Conservation Status

Dark fruit-eating bat

LC — Least Concern

Devil's Shoestring

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dark fruit-eating bat	Devil's Shoestring
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.

Devil's Shoestring

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Found in Cuba. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.