Great Fruit-eating Bat vs Nutgrass

Artibeus lituratus compared with Cyperus stoloniferus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Great Fruit-eating Bat	Nutgrass
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 stoloniferus

Conservation Status

Great Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Nutgrass

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Great Fruit-eating Bat	Nutgrass
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.

Nutgrass

Habitat

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

Range

Found in United States.