Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat vs Grassland Dandelion

Artibeus gnomus compared with Taraxacum dilatatum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat	Grassland Dandelion
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	Taraxacum
Species	Artibeus gnomus	Taraxacum dilatatum

Conservation Status

Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Grassland Dandelion

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat	Grassland Dandelion
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.

Grassland Dandelion

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, South Africa, and Sweden.