Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat vs Quinine tree

Artibeus gnomus compared with Cinchona pubescens

Key Differences

• Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern while Quinine tree is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat	Quinine tree
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Rubiaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Cinchona
Species	Artibeus gnomus	Cinchona pubescens

Conservation Status

Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Quinine tree

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat	Quinine tree
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.

Quinine tree

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 7 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (7 countries), Asia (4 countries), Europe (Norway), North America (Jamaica, United States), and South America (Bolivia, Colombia). Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia