Dark fruit-eating bat vs Goa-bean

Artibeus obscurus compared with Psophocarpus tetragonolobus

Key Differences

• Dark fruit-eating bat is Least Concern while Goa-bean is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dark fruit-eating bat	Goa-bean
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	Psophocarpus
Species	Artibeus obscurus	Psophocarpus tetragonolobus

Conservation Status

Dark fruit-eating bat

LC — Least Concern

Goa-bean

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dark fruit-eating bat	Goa-bean
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.

Goa-bean

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, Philippines, and Taiwan.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia