Hairy Fruit-eating Bat vs Raphia Palm

Artibeus hirsutus compared with Raphia farinifera

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hairy Fruit-eating Bat	Raphia Palm
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Arecales (Arecales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Arecaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Raphia
Species	Artibeus hirsutus	Raphia farinifera

Conservation Status

Hairy Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Raphia Palm

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hairy Fruit-eating Bat	Raphia Palm
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Hairy Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Raphia Palm

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Cameroon, Comoros, Madagascar, and Seychelles.