Devil's Shoestring vs Great Fruit-eating Bat

Tephrosia angustissima compared with Artibeus lituratus

Key Differences

• Devil's Shoestring is Endangered while Great Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Devil's Shoestring	Great Fruit-eating Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Fabaceae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Tephrosia	Artibeus
Species	Tephrosia angustissima	Artibeus lituratus

Conservation Status

Devil's Shoestring

EN — Endangered

Great Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Devil's Shoestring	Great Fruit-eating Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Devil's Shoestring

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Found in Cuba. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Great Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.