Large Fruit-eating Bat vs Thistle Conch

Artibeus amplus compared with Aethes cnicana

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Large Fruit-eating Bat	Thistle Conch
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Tortricidae
Genus	Artibeus	Aethes
Species	Artibeus amplus	Aethes cnicana

Evolutionary Relationship

Large Fruit-eating Bat and Thistle Conch share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Large Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Thistle Conch

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Large Fruit-eating Bat	Thistle Conch
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.

Thistle Conch

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.