Large Fruit-eating Bat vs Prickly Sedge

Artibeus amplus compared with Carex spicata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Large Fruit-eating Bat	Prickly Sedge
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Cyperaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Carex
Species	Artibeus amplus	Carex spicata

Conservation Status

Large Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Prickly Sedge

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Large Fruit-eating Bat	Prickly Sedge
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.

Prickly Sedge

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries) and North America (Canada, United States).