Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat vs sweet tanglehead

Artibeus gnomus compared with Heteropogon melanocarpus

Key Differences

• Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern while sweet tanglehead is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat	sweet tanglehead
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Artibeus	Heteropogon
Species	Artibeus gnomus	Heteropogon melanocarpus

Conservation Status

Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

sweet tanglehead

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat	sweet tanglehead
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.

sweet tanglehead

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Burkina Faso, Colombia, and Guinea.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia