Dark fruit-eating bat vs Stinking chamomile

Artibeus obscurus compared with Anthemis cotula

Key Differences

• Dark fruit-eating bat is Least Concern while Stinking chamomile is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dark fruit-eating bat	Stinking chamomile
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Artibeus	Anthemis
Species	Artibeus obscurus	Anthemis cotula

Conservation Status

Dark fruit-eating bat

LC — Least Concern

Stinking chamomile

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dark fruit-eating bat	Stinking chamomile
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.

Stinking chamomile

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Georgia, India), Europe (13 countries), North America (Canada, Mexico, United States), and South America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile). Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.