Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat vs Fly marsh elder

Artibeus gnomus compared with Iva cheiranthifolia

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat	Fly marsh elder
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	Iva
Species	Artibeus gnomus	Iva cheiranthifolia

Conservation Status

Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Fly marsh elder

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat	Fly marsh elder
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.

Fly marsh elder

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Cuba and United States.