fringed peat moss vs Large Fruit-eating Bat

Sphagnum fimbriatum compared with Artibeus amplus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	fringed peat moss	Large Fruit-eating Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Bryophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Sphagnopsida (Sphagnopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Sphagnales (Sphagnales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Sphagnaceae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Sphagnum	Artibeus
Species	Sphagnum fimbriatum	Artibeus amplus

Conservation Status

fringed peat moss

LC — Least Concern

Large Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	fringed peat moss	Large Fruit-eating Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

fringed peat moss

Habitat

Native to Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found across Europe (5 countries) and North America (United States).

Large Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Venezuela.