Dark fruit-eating bat vs Mountain yam

Artibeus obscurus compared with Dioscorea hamiltonii

Key Differences

• Dark fruit-eating bat is Least Concern while Mountain yam is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dark fruit-eating bat	Mountain yam
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Dioscoreales (Dioscoreales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Dioscoreaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Dioscorea
Species	Artibeus obscurus	Dioscorea hamiltonii

Conservation Status

Dark fruit-eating bat

LC — Least Concern

Mountain yam

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dark fruit-eating bat	Mountain yam
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.

Mountain yam

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.