Great Fruit-eating Bat vs Gum-elemi

Artibeus lituratus compared with Bursera simaruba

Key Differences

• Great Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern while Gum-elemi is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Great Fruit-eating Bat	Gum-elemi
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Burseraceae
Genus	Artibeus	Bursera
Species	Artibeus lituratus	Bursera simaruba

Conservation Status

Great Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Gum-elemi

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Great Fruit-eating Bat	Gum-elemi
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.

Gum-elemi

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, and Cuba.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia