Large Fruit-eating Bat vs McGregor Pincushion

Artibeus amplus compared with Leucospermum harpagonatum

Key Differences

• Large Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern while McGregor Pincushion is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Large Fruit-eating Bat	McGregor Pincushion
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Proteales (Proteales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Proteaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Leucospermum
Species	Artibeus amplus	Leucospermum harpagonatum

Conservation Status

Large Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

McGregor Pincushion

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Large Fruit-eating Bat	McGregor Pincushion
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.

McGregor Pincushion

Habitat

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