Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat vs Silkrubber

Artibeus gnomus compared with Funtumia elastica

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat	Silkrubber
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Apocynaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Funtumia
Species	Artibeus gnomus	Funtumia elastica

Conservation Status

Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Silkrubber

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat	Silkrubber
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.

Silkrubber

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Cameroon, Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, and Seychelles.