Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat vs Poison Sumac

Artibeus gnomus compared with Toxicodendron vernix

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat	Poison Sumac
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Anacardiaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Toxicodendron
Species	Artibeus gnomus	Toxicodendron vernix

Conservation Status

Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Poison Sumac

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat	Poison Sumac
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.

Poison Sumac

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.