Dark fruit-eating bat vs Flat Wrack

Artibeus obscurus compared with Fucus spiralis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dark fruit-eating bat	Flat Wrack
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Chromista (Chromista)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Ochrophyta (Ochrophyta)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Phaeophyceae (Phaeophyceae)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fucales (Fucales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Fucaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Fucus
Species	Artibeus obscurus	Fucus spiralis

Conservation Status

Dark fruit-eating bat

LC — Least Concern

Flat Wrack

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dark fruit-eating bat	Flat Wrack
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.

Flat Wrack

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate coniferous forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and Mediterranean forests and woodlands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Found across Africa (Morocco) and Europe (9 countries).