Antillean Fruit-eating Bat vs Bladdernut

Brachyphylla cavernarum compared with Staphylea pinnata

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Antillean Fruit-eating Bat	Bladdernut
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Crossosomatales (Crossosomatales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Staphyleaceae
Genus	Brachyphylla	Staphylea
Species	Brachyphylla cavernarum	Staphylea pinnata

Conservation Status

Antillean Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Bladdernut

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Antillean Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Bladdernut

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Found across Europe (9 countries).

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.

Bladdernut

The Bladdernut (Staphylea pinnata) is a species in the genus Staphylea. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.