Dark fruit-eating bat vs Jack bean

Artibeus obscurus compared with Canavalia ensiformis

Key Differences

• Dark fruit-eating bat is Least Concern while Jack bean is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dark fruit-eating bat	Jack 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	Canavalia
Species	Artibeus obscurus	Canavalia ensiformis

Conservation Status

Dark fruit-eating bat

LC — Least Concern

Jack bean

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dark fruit-eating bat	Jack 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.

Jack bean

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (7 countries), Asia (4 countries), North America (Cuba, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Marshall Islands), and South America (Argentina, Brazil, Colombia).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia