Great Fruit-eating Bat vs Greenhall’s Dog-faced Bat

Artibeus lituratus compared with Cynomops greenhalli

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Great Fruit-eating Bat	Greenhall’s Dog-faced Bat
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (Mammals)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order same	Chiroptera (Bats)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Molossidae
Genus	Artibeus	Cynomops
Species	Artibeus lituratus	Cynomops greenhalli

Evolutionary Relationship

Great Fruit-eating Bat and Greenhall’s Dog-faced Bat share a common ancestor at the Order level: Chiroptera. (Bats)

Conservation Status

Great Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Greenhall’s Dog-faced Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Great Fruit-eating Bat	Greenhall’s Dog-faced Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Great Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Greenhall’s Dog-faced Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Venezuela.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia 🇻🇪 Venezuela