Dark fruit-eating bat vs spiral ginger

Artibeus obscurus compared with Costus pulverulentus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dark fruit-eating bat	spiral ginger
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Zingiberales (Zingiberales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Costaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Costus
Species	Artibeus obscurus	Costus pulverulentus

Conservation Status

Dark fruit-eating bat

LC — Least Concern

spiral ginger

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dark fruit-eating bat	spiral ginger
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.

spiral ginger

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Cuba, Guatemala, Honduras, and United States.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia