Dark fruit-eating bat vs Orange wattle

Artibeus obscurus compared with Acacia saligna

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dark fruit-eating bat	Orange wattle
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	Acacia
Species	Artibeus obscurus	Acacia saligna

Conservation Status

Dark fruit-eating bat

LC — Least Concern

Orange wattle

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dark fruit-eating bat	Orange wattle
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.

Orange wattle

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (19 countries), Asia (9 countries), Europe (13 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand), and South America (Argentina, Chile, Peru).