Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat vs Slender Indigo

Artibeus gnomus compared with Indigofera exilis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat	Slender Indigo
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Indigofera
Species	Artibeus gnomus	Indigofera exilis

Conservation Status

Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Slender Indigo

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat	Slender Indigo
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.

Slender Indigo

Habitat

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