Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat vs Field Foxtail

Artibeus gnomus compared with Alopecurus pratensis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat	Field Foxtail
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Artibeus	Alopecurus
Species	Artibeus gnomus	Alopecurus pratensis

Conservation Status

Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Field Foxtail

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat	Field Foxtail
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.

Field Foxtail

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (4 countries), Europe (8 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand), and South America (Chile, Colombia).