Dark fruit-eating bat vs Lesser Scalewort

Artibeus obscurus compared with Frullania microphylla

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dark fruit-eating bat	Lesser Scalewort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Marchantiophyta (liverwort)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Jungermanniopsida (Jungermanniopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Porellales (Porellales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Frullaniaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Frullania
Species	Artibeus obscurus	Frullania microphylla

Conservation Status

Dark fruit-eating bat

LC — Least Concern

Lesser Scalewort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dark fruit-eating bat	Lesser Scalewort
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.

Lesser Scalewort

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Norway and Portugal.