Large Fruit-eating Bat vs Swamp Beacon

Artibeus amplus compared with Mitrula elegans

Key Differences

• Large Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern while Swamp Beacon is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Large Fruit-eating Bat	Swamp Beacon
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Leotiomycetes (Leotiomycetes)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Helotiales (Helotiales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Cenangiaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Mitrula
Species	Artibeus amplus	Mitrula elegans

Conservation Status

Large Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Swamp Beacon

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Large Fruit-eating Bat	Swamp Beacon
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.

Swamp Beacon

Habitat

Native to North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found in United States.