Antillean Fruit-eating Bat vs Deviltree

Brachyphylla cavernarum compared with Alstonia macrophylla

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Antillean Fruit-eating Bat Deviltree
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order Chiroptera (Bats) Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family Phyllostomidae Apocynaceae
Genus Brachyphylla Alstonia
Species Brachyphylla cavernarum Alstonia macrophylla

Conservation Status

Antillean Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Deviltree

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Antillean Fruit-eating Bat Deviltree
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Antillean Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Deviltree

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Congo (DRC), Seychelles, Sri Lanka, 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.

Deviltree

No description available.

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