Dark fruit-eating bat vs Streamside Swordfern

Artibeus obscurus compared with Nephrolepis rivularis

Key Differences

• Dark fruit-eating bat is Least Concern while Streamside Swordfern is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dark fruit-eating bat	Streamside Swordfern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Nephrolepidaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Nephrolepis
Species	Artibeus obscurus	Nephrolepis rivularis

Conservation Status

Dark fruit-eating bat

LC — Least Concern

Streamside Swordfern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dark fruit-eating bat	Streamside Swordfern
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.

Streamside Swordfern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, and Cuba.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia