Antillean Fruit-eating Bat vs Cornflag

Brachyphylla cavernarum compared with Gladiolus communis

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Antillean Fruit-eating Bat	Cornflag
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Iridaceae
Genus	Brachyphylla	Gladiolus
Species	Brachyphylla cavernarum	Gladiolus communis

Conservation Status

Antillean Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Cornflag

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Antillean Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Cornflag

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (11 countries), North America (Dominican Republic, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Colombia, Peru).

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.