Large Fruit-eating Bat vs Small Yellow-legged Robberfly

Artibeus amplus compared with Dioctria linearis

Key Differences

• Large Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern while Small Yellow-legged Robberfly is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Large Fruit-eating Bat	Small Yellow-legged Robberfly
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Diptera (Diptera)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Asilidae
Genus	Artibeus	Dioctria
Species	Artibeus amplus	Dioctria linearis

Evolutionary Relationship

Large Fruit-eating Bat and Small Yellow-legged Robberfly share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Large Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Small Yellow-legged Robberfly

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Large Fruit-eating Bat	Small Yellow-legged Robberfly
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.

Small Yellow-legged Robberfly

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.