Large Fruit-eating Bat vs Sand Saffron

Artibeus amplus compared with Colchicum arenarium

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Large Fruit-eating Bat	Sand Saffron
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Liliales (Liliales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Colchicaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Colchicum
Species	Artibeus amplus	Colchicum arenarium

Conservation Status

Large Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Sand Saffron

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Large Fruit-eating Bat	Sand Saffron
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.

Sand Saffron

Habitat

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