Large Fruit-eating Bat vs Mud Dauber

Artibeus amplus compared with Sceliphron caementarium

Key Differences

• Large Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern while Mud Dauber is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Large Fruit-eating Bat	Mud Dauber
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Sphecidae
Genus	Artibeus	Sceliphron
Species	Artibeus amplus	Sceliphron caementarium

Evolutionary Relationship

Large Fruit-eating Bat and Mud Dauber share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Large Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Mud Dauber

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Large Fruit-eating Bat	Mud Dauber
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.

Mud Dauber

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (15 countries), and North America (United States).