Flat-faced Fruit-eating Bat vs Pousargues’s Mongoose

Artibeus planirostris compared with Dologale dybowskii

Key Differences

• Flat-faced Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern while Pousargues’s Mongoose is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Flat-faced Fruit-eating Bat	Pousargues’s Mongoose
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (Mammals)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Herpestidae
Genus	Artibeus	Dologale
Species	Artibeus planirostris	Dologale dybowskii

Evolutionary Relationship

Flat-faced Fruit-eating Bat and Pousargues’s Mongoose share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (Mammals)

Conservation Status

Flat-faced Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Pousargues’s Mongoose

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Flat-faced Fruit-eating Bat	Pousargues’s Mongoose
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.

Pousargues’s Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.