Great Fruit-eating Bat vs Nut Grass

Artibeus lituratus compared with Cyperus tuberosus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Great Fruit-eating Bat	Nut Grass
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Cyperaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Cyperus
Species	Artibeus lituratus	Cyperus tuberosus

Conservation Status

Great Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Nut Grass

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Great Fruit-eating Bat	Nut Grass
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.

Nut Grass

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.