Flat-faced Fruit-eating Bat vs Malayan porcupine

Artibeus planirostris compared with Hystrix brachyura

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Flat-faced Fruit-eating Bat	Malayan porcupine
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (Mammals)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Hystricidae
Genus	Artibeus	Hystrix
Species	Artibeus planirostris	Hystrix brachyura

Evolutionary Relationship

Flat-faced Fruit-eating Bat and Malayan porcupine share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (Mammals)

Conservation Status

Flat-faced Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Malayan porcupine

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Flat-faced Fruit-eating Bat	Malayan porcupine
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Flat-faced Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Malayan porcupine

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

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