Large Fruit-eating Bat vs Mexican Muhly

Artibeus amplus compared with Muhlenbergia mexicana

Key Differences

• Large Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern while Mexican Muhly is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Large Fruit-eating Bat	Mexican Muhly
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Artibeus	Muhlenbergia
Species	Artibeus amplus	Muhlenbergia mexicana

Conservation Status

Large Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Mexican Muhly

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Large Fruit-eating Bat	Mexican Muhly
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.

Mexican Muhly

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (7 countries) and North America (United States).