Dark fruit-eating bat vs southern elder

Artibeus obscurus compared with Sambucus australis

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dark fruit-eating bat	southern elder
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Dipsacales (Dipsacales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Viburnaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Sambucus
Species	Artibeus obscurus	Sambucus australis

Conservation Status

Dark fruit-eating bat

LC — Least Concern

southern elder

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dark fruit-eating bat	southern elder
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.

southern elder

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Brazil.