Hairy Fruit-eating Bat vs variable forklet moss

Artibeus hirsutus compared with Dicranella varia

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hairy Fruit-eating Bat	variable forklet moss
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Bryophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Bryopsida (Bryopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Dicranales (Dicranales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Dicranellaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Dicranella
Species	Artibeus hirsutus	Dicranella varia

Conservation Status

Hairy Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

variable forklet moss

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hairy Fruit-eating Bat	variable forklet moss
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Hairy Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

variable forklet moss

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (5 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Colombia).