Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat vs Tufted Foxtail

Artibeus gnomus compared with Alopecurus carolinianus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat	Tufted Foxtail
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	Alopecurus
Species	Artibeus gnomus	Alopecurus carolinianus

Conservation Status

Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Tufted Foxtail

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat	Tufted Foxtail
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.

Tufted Foxtail

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Canada, France, Netherlands, and United Kingdom.