Dark fruit-eating bat vs Doum Palm

Artibeus obscurus compared with Hyphaene thebaica

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dark fruit-eating bat	Doum Palm
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Arecales (Arecales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Arecaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Hyphaene
Species	Artibeus obscurus	Hyphaene thebaica

Conservation Status

Dark fruit-eating bat

LC — Least Concern

Doum Palm

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dark fruit-eating bat	Doum Palm
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.

Doum Palm

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across India, Taiwan, and Yemen.