Large Fruit-eating Bat vs Starfruit

Artibeus amplus compared with Damasonium bourgaei

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Large Fruit-eating Bat	Starfruit
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Alismatales (Alismatales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Alismataceae
Genus	Artibeus	Damasonium
Species	Artibeus amplus	Damasonium bourgaei

Conservation Status

Large Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Starfruit

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Large Fruit-eating Bat	Starfruit
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.

Starfruit

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Portugal.