Antillean Fruit-eating Bat vs Arrowroot

Brachyphylla cavernarum compared with Maranta arundinacea

Key Differences

• Antillean Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern while Arrowroot is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Antillean Fruit-eating Bat	Arrowroot
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Zingiberales (Zingiberales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Marantaceae
Genus	Brachyphylla	Maranta
Species	Brachyphylla cavernarum	Maranta arundinacea

Conservation Status

Antillean Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Arrowroot

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Antillean Fruit-eating Bat	Arrowroot
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Antillean Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Arrowroot

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles), Asia (Philippines, Taiwan), North America (Cuba, United States), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Antillean Fruit-eating Bat

The Antillean Fruit-eating Bat (Brachyphylla cavernarum) is a species in the genus Brachyphylla. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Arrowroot

The Arrowroot, Maranta arundinacea, is a species. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.