Floating Bur-Reed vs Large Fruit-eating Bat

Sparganium fluctuans compared with Artibeus amplus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Bur-Reed	Large Fruit-eating Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Typhaceae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Sparganium	Artibeus
Species	Sparganium fluctuans	Artibeus amplus

Conservation Status

Floating Bur-Reed

LC — Least Concern

Large Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Bur-Reed	Large Fruit-eating Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Floating Bur-Reed

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

Large Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Venezuela.