Dark fruit-eating bat vs Katung Fa

Artibeus obscurus compared with Alstonia macrophylla

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dark fruit-eating bat	Katung Fa
Kingdom	Animalia (สัตว์)	Plantae (พืช)
Phylum	Chordata (สัตว์มีแกนสันหลัง)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (สัตว์เลี้ยงลูกด้วยน้ำนม)	Magnoliopsida (พืชใบเลี้ยงคู่)
Order	Chiroptera (ค้างคาว)	Gentianales (อันดับดอกหรีดเขา)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Apocynaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Alstonia
Species	Artibeus obscurus	Alstonia macrophylla

Conservation Status

Dark fruit-eating bat

LC — Least Concern

Katung Fa

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dark fruit-eating bat	Katung Fa
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.

Katung Fa

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Congo (DRC), Seychelles, Sri Lanka, and United States.