Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat vs Lapland Azalea

Artibeus gnomus compared with Rhododendron lapponicum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat	Lapland Azalea
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Ericaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Rhododendron
Species	Artibeus gnomus	Rhododendron lapponicum

Conservation Status

Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Lapland Azalea

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat	Lapland Azalea
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.

Lapland Azalea

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada, Finland, Norway, Sweden, and United States.