Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat vs Shoddy Ragwort

Artibeus gnomus compared with Senecio pterophorus

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat	Shoddy Ragwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Artibeus	Senecio
Species	Artibeus gnomus	Senecio pterophorus

Conservation Status

Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Shoddy Ragwort

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat	Shoddy Ragwort
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.

Shoddy Ragwort

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries) and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).