Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat vs pignut

Artibeus gnomus compared with Mesosphaerum suaveolens

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat	pignut
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Lamiaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Mesosphaerum
Species	Artibeus gnomus	Mesosphaerum suaveolens

Conservation Status

Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

pignut

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat	pignut
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.

pignut

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Congo (DRC), Ethiopia, Guinea, and Timor-Leste.