Alligatorweed vs Campo-Ma’an Fruit Bat

Alternanthera philoxeroides compared with Casinycteris campomaanensis

Key Differences

  • Alligatorweed is Not Evaluated while Campo-Ma’an Fruit Bat is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Alligatorweed Campo-Ma’an Fruit Bat
Kingdom Plantae (Plants) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants) Chordata (Chordates)
Class Magnoliopsida (Dicots) Mammalia (Mammals)
Order Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales) Chiroptera (Bats)
Family Amaranthaceae Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus Alternanthera Casinycteris
Species Alternanthera philoxeroides Casinycteris campomaanensis

Conservation Status

Alligatorweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Campo-Ma’an Fruit Bat

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Alligatorweed Campo-Ma’an Fruit Bat
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Alligatorweed

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Comoros, Madagascar), Asia (14 countries), Europe (9 countries), North America (Honduras, Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand), and South America (4 countries).

Campo-Ma’an Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Alligatorweed

The Alligatorweed (Alternanthera philoxeroides) is a species in the genus Alternanthera. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Campo-Ma’an Fruit Bat

The Campo-Ma’an Fruit Bat (Casinycteris campomaanensis) is a species in the genus Casinycteris. It is currently classified as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

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