Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat vs Wild Pimento

Artibeus gnomus compared with Pimenta jamaicensis

Key Differences

• Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern while Wild Pimento is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat	Wild Pimento
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Myrtaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Pimenta
Species	Artibeus gnomus	Pimenta jamaicensis

Conservation Status

Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Wild Pimento

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat	Wild Pimento
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.

Wild Pimento

Habitat

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