Antillean Fruit-eating Bat vs Capote

Brachyphylla cavernarum compared with Xanthosoma robustum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Antillean Fruit-eating Bat	Capote
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Alismatales (Alismatales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Araceae
Genus	Brachyphylla	Xanthosoma
Species	Brachyphylla cavernarum	Xanthosoma robustum

Conservation Status

Antillean Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Capote

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Antillean Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Capote

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras, and United States.

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.

Capote

The Capote (Xanthosoma robustum) is a species in the genus Xanthosoma. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.