Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat vs Oakes' Pondweed

Artibeus gnomus compared with Potamogeton oakesianus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat	Oakes' Pondweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Alismatales (Alismatales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Potamogetonaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Potamogeton
Species	Artibeus gnomus	Potamogeton oakesianus

Conservation Status

Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Oakes' Pondweed

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat	Oakes' Pondweed
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.

Oakes' Pondweed

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada, France, Norway, and United States.