Great Fruit-eating Bat vs New Guinean Quoll

Artibeus lituratus compared with Dasyurus albopunctatus

Key Differences

• Great Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern while New Guinean Quoll is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Great Fruit-eating Bat	New Guinean Quoll
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (Mammals)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Dasyuridae
Genus	Artibeus	Dasyurus
Species	Artibeus lituratus	Dasyurus albopunctatus

Evolutionary Relationship

Great Fruit-eating Bat and New Guinean Quoll share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (Mammals)

Conservation Status

Great Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

New Guinean Quoll

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Great Fruit-eating Bat	New Guinean Quoll
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.

New Guinean Quoll

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.