vs Jamaican fruit bat

Altererythrobacter troitsensis compared with Artibeus jamaicensis

Key Differences

• is Not Evaluated while Jamaican fruit bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Jamaican fruit bat
Kingdom	Bacteria (Bacteria)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Proteobacteria (Proteobacteria)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Alphaproteobacteria (Alphaproteobacteria)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Sphingomonadales (Sphingomonadales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Erythrobacteraceae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Altererythrobacter	Artibeus
Species	Altererythrobacter troitsensis	Artibeus jamaicensis

Conservation Status

NE — Not Evaluated

Jamaican fruit bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		Jamaican fruit bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

Native to Asia, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found in Taiwan.

Jamaican fruit bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Colombia.

Altererythrobacter troitsensis is a gram-negative, aerobic bacterium in the family Erythrobacteraceae, first described from Troitsk, Russia. Like other members of the genus, it may produce carotenoid pigments giving colonies a reddish-orange colour. Its conservation status is not evaluated.