Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat vs Moon Trefoil

Artibeus gnomus compared with Medicago arborea

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat	Moon Trefoil
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Medicago
Species	Artibeus gnomus	Medicago arborea

Conservation Status

Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Moon Trefoil

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat	Moon Trefoil
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.

Moon Trefoil

Habitat

Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands and Mediterranean forests and woodlands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Morocco), Europe (8 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Chile).