Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat vs Malaysian apple

Artibeus gnomus compared with Syzygium malaccense

Key Differences

• Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern while Malaysian apple is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat	Malaysian apple
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Myrtaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Syzygium
Species	Artibeus gnomus	Syzygium malaccense

Conservation Status

Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Malaysian apple

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat	Malaysian apple
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.

Malaysian apple

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Congo (DRC), Seychelles, Tanzania), Asia (Maldives, Singapore, Taiwan), Europe (United Kingdom), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (7 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia 🇪🇨 Ecuador