Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat vs Red melastome

Artibeus gnomus compared with Melastoma sanguineum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat	Red melastome
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Melastomataceae
Genus	Artibeus	Melastoma
Species	Artibeus gnomus	Melastoma sanguineum

Conservation Status

Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Red melastome

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat	Red melastome
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.

Red melastome

Habitat

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

Range

Found in United States.