Dark fruit-eating bat vs Gillet's cherry-orange

Artibeus obscurus compared with Citropsis gilletiana

Key Differences

• Dark fruit-eating bat is Least Concern while Gillet's cherry-orange is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dark fruit-eating bat	Gillet's cherry-orange
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Rutaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Citropsis
Species	Artibeus obscurus	Citropsis gilletiana

Conservation Status

Dark fruit-eating bat

LC — Least Concern

Gillet's cherry-orange

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dark fruit-eating bat	Gillet's cherry-orange
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.

Gillet's cherry-orange

Habitat

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