Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat vs Japanese Bindweed

Artibeus gnomus compared with Calystegia pubescens

Key Differences

• Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern while Japanese Bindweed is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat	Japanese Bindweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Calystegia
Species	Artibeus gnomus	Calystegia pubescens

Conservation Status

Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Japanese Bindweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat	Japanese Bindweed
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.

Japanese Bindweed

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.