Dark fruit-eating bat vs ground cholla

Artibeus obscurus compared with Cylindropuntia echinocarpa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dark fruit-eating bat	ground cholla
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Cactaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Cylindropuntia
Species	Artibeus obscurus	Cylindropuntia echinocarpa

Conservation Status

Dark fruit-eating bat

LC — Least Concern

ground cholla

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dark fruit-eating bat	ground cholla
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.

ground cholla

Habitat

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