Large Fruit-eating Bat vs Light Red Meranti

Artibeus amplus compared with Shorea lepidota

Key Differences

• Large Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern while Light Red Meranti is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Large Fruit-eating Bat	Light Red Meranti
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Malvales (Malvales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Dipterocarpaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Shorea
Species	Artibeus amplus	Shorea lepidota

Conservation Status

Large Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Light Red Meranti

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Large Fruit-eating Bat	Light Red Meranti
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Large Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Venezuela.

Light Red Meranti

Habitat

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