Great Fruit-eating Bat vs Louse

Artibeus lituratus compared with Polyplax serrata

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Great Fruit-eating Bat	Louse
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Psocodea (Psocodea)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Polyplacidae
Genus	Artibeus	Polyplax
Species	Artibeus lituratus	Polyplax serrata

Evolutionary Relationship

Great Fruit-eating Bat and Louse share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Great Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Louse

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Great Fruit-eating Bat	Louse
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.

Louse

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Norway, Sweden, and United States.