Hairy Fruit-eating Bat vs spurred threadwort

Artibeus hirsutus compared with Cephaloziella elachista

Key Differences

• Hairy Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern while spurred threadwort is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hairy Fruit-eating Bat	spurred threadwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Marchantiophyta (liverwort)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Jungermanniopsida (Jungermanniopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Jungermanniales (Jungermanniales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Cephaloziellaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Cephaloziella
Species	Artibeus hirsutus	Cephaloziella elachista

Conservation Status

Hairy Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

spurred threadwort

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hairy Fruit-eating Bat	spurred threadwort
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Hairy Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

spurred threadwort

Habitat

Native to Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.