Great Fruit-eating Bat vs Spurge

Artibeus lituratus compared with Homalanthus populneus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Great Fruit-eating Bat	Spurge
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Euphorbiaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Homalanthus
Species	Artibeus lituratus	Homalanthus populneus

Conservation Status

Great Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Spurge

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Great Fruit-eating Bat	Spurge
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.

Spurge

Habitat

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

Range

Found in United States.