Great Fruit-eating Bat vs Thrip

Artibeus lituratus compared with Hercinothrips bicinctus

Key Differences

• Great Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern while Thrip is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Great Fruit-eating Bat	Thrip
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Thysanoptera (Thysanoptera)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Thripidae
Genus	Artibeus	Hercinothrips
Species	Artibeus lituratus	Hercinothrips bicinctus

Evolutionary Relationship

Great Fruit-eating Bat and Thrip share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Great Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Thrip

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Great Fruit-eating Bat	Thrip
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.

Thrip

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found across Europe (11 countries) and North America (United States).