Large Fruit-eating Bat vs Smooth joyweed

Artibeus amplus compared with Alternanthera paronychioides

Key Differences

• Large Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern while Smooth joyweed is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Large Fruit-eating Bat	Smooth joyweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Amaranthaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Alternanthera
Species	Artibeus amplus	Alternanthera paronychioides

Conservation Status

Large Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Smooth joyweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Large Fruit-eating Bat	Smooth joyweed
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.

Smooth joyweed

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (5 countries), Europe (4 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia