Large Fruit-eating Bat vs Northern cattle grub

Artibeus amplus compared with Hypoderma bovis

Key Differences

• Large Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern while Northern cattle grub is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Large Fruit-eating Bat	Northern cattle grub
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Diptera (Diptera)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Oestridae
Genus	Artibeus	Hypoderma
Species	Artibeus amplus	Hypoderma bovis

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Large Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Northern cattle grub

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Large Fruit-eating Bat	Northern cattle grub
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.

Northern cattle grub

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Japan, Norway, Sweden, and United States.