Dark fruit-eating bat vs provision-tree

Artibeus obscurus compared with Pachira aquatica

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dark fruit-eating bat	provision-tree
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Malvales (Malvales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Malvaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Pachira
Species	Artibeus obscurus	Pachira aquatica

Conservation Status

Dark fruit-eating bat

LC — Least Concern

provision-tree

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dark fruit-eating bat	provision-tree
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.

provision-tree

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Guinea), Asia (India, Taiwan), North America (Dominican Republic), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia