Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat vs marsh pennywort

Artibeus gnomus compared with Hydrocotyle vulgaris

Key Differences

• Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern while marsh pennywort is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat	marsh pennywort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Apiales (Apiales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Araliaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Hydrocotyle
Species	Artibeus gnomus	Hydrocotyle vulgaris

Conservation Status

Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

marsh pennywort

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat	marsh pennywort
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.

marsh pennywort

Habitat

Inhabits temperate grasslands and steppes and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found across Asia (Georgia, Japan, Taiwan) and Europe (6 countries). Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.