Dark fruit-eating bat vs Keeled wormseed

Artibeus obscurus compared with Dysphania carinata

Key Differences

• Dark fruit-eating bat is Least Concern while Keeled wormseed is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dark fruit-eating bat	Keeled wormseed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Amaranthaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Dysphania
Species	Artibeus obscurus	Dysphania carinata

Conservation Status

Dark fruit-eating bat

LC — Least Concern

Keeled wormseed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dark fruit-eating bat	Keeled wormseed
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.

Keeled wormseed

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa, Zimbabwe), Asia (India, Saudi Arabia), Europe (4 countries), and North America (United States).