Dark fruit-eating bat vs Murex

Artibeus obscurus compared with Medicago murex

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dark fruit-eating bat	Murex
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	Medicago
Species	Artibeus obscurus	Medicago murex

Conservation Status

Dark fruit-eating bat

LC — Least Concern

Murex

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dark fruit-eating bat	Murex
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.

Murex

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Asia (Japan) and Europe (6 countries).