Fly marsh elder vs Large Fruit-eating Bat

Iva cheiranthifolia compared with Artibeus amplus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fly marsh elder	Large Fruit-eating Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Iva	Artibeus
Species	Iva cheiranthifolia	Artibeus amplus

Conservation Status

Fly marsh elder

LC — Least Concern

Large Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fly marsh elder	Large Fruit-eating Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fly marsh elder

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Cuba and United States.

Large Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Venezuela.