Dark fruit-eating bat vs Downy Safflower

Artibeus obscurus compared with Carthamus lanatus

Key Differences

• Dark fruit-eating bat is Least Concern while Downy Safflower is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dark fruit-eating bat	Downy Safflower
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	Carthamus
Species	Artibeus obscurus	Carthamus lanatus

Conservation Status

Dark fruit-eating bat

LC — Least Concern

Downy Safflower

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dark fruit-eating bat	Downy Safflower
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.

Downy Safflower

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (15 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand), and South America (Brazil, Chile).