Antillean Fruit-eating Bat vs Bladder Fern

Brachyphylla cavernarum compared with Cystopteris fragilis

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Antillean Fruit-eating Bat	Bladder Fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Cystopteridaceae
Genus	Brachyphylla	Cystopteris
Species	Brachyphylla cavernarum	Cystopteris fragilis

Conservation Status

Antillean Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Bladder Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Antillean Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Bladder Fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (6 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (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.

Bladder Fern

The Bladder Fern (Cystopteris fragilis) is a species in the genus Cystopteris. Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.