Dark fruit-eating bat vs amarant

Artibeus obscurus compared with Amaranthus retroflexus

Key Differences

• Dark fruit-eating bat is Least Concern while amarant is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dark fruit-eating bat	amarant
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (planta)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Amaranthaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Amaranthus
Species	Artibeus obscurus	Amaranthus retroflexus

Conservation Status

Dark fruit-eating bat

LC — Least Concern

amarant

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dark fruit-eating bat	amarant
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Dark fruit-eating bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

amarant

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (7 countries), Asia (14 countries), Europe (36 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (6 countries).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia 🇻🇪 Venezuela