Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat vs water dock

Artibeus gnomus compared with Rumex aquaticus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat	water dock
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Polygonaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Rumex
Species	Artibeus gnomus	Rumex aquaticus

Conservation Status

Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

water dock

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat	water dock
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.

water dock

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Asia (India, Japan) and Europe (4 countries).