Dark fruit-eating bat vs Sweetscented marigold

Artibeus obscurus compared with Tagetes lucida

Key Differences

• Dark fruit-eating bat is Least Concern while Sweetscented marigold is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dark fruit-eating bat	Sweetscented marigold
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	Tagetes
Species	Artibeus obscurus	Tagetes lucida

Conservation Status

Dark fruit-eating bat

LC — Least Concern

Sweetscented marigold

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dark fruit-eating bat	Sweetscented marigold
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.

Sweetscented marigold

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Congo (DRC), India, and United States.