Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat vs long yam

Artibeus gnomus compared with Dioscorea transversa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat	long yam
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Dioscoreales (Dioscoreales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Dioscoreaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Dioscorea
Species	Artibeus gnomus	Dioscorea transversa

Conservation Status

Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

long yam

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat	long yam
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.

long yam

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.