Hairy Fruit-eating Bat vs large-seed dodder

Artibeus hirsutus compared with Cuscuta indecora

Key Differences

• Hairy Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern while large-seed dodder is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hairy Fruit-eating Bat	large-seed dodder
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Cuscuta
Species	Artibeus hirsutus	Cuscuta indecora

Conservation Status

Hairy Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

large-seed dodder

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hairy Fruit-eating Bat	large-seed dodder
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Hairy Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

large-seed dodder

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Argentina, Brazil, and Colombia.