Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat vs False Olive

Artibeus gnomus compared with Buddleja saligna

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat	False Olive
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Scrophulariaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Buddleja
Species	Artibeus gnomus	Buddleja saligna

Conservation Status

Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

False Olive

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat	False Olive
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

False Olive

Habitat

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

Range

Found in United States.