Great Fruit-eating Bat vs Spanish Gorse

Artibeus lituratus compared with Genista hispanica

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Great Fruit-eating Bat	Spanish Gorse
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Genista
Species	Artibeus lituratus	Genista hispanica

Conservation Status

Great Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Spanish Gorse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Great Fruit-eating Bat	Spanish Gorse
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.

Spanish Gorse

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, France, Netherlands, and United Kingdom.