Antillean Fruit-eating Bat vs flax dodder

Brachyphylla cavernarum compared with Cuscuta epilinum

Key Differences

• Antillean Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern while flax dodder is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Antillean Fruit-eating Bat	flax dodder
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Brachyphylla	Cuscuta
Species	Brachyphylla cavernarum	Cuscuta epilinum

Conservation Status

Antillean Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

flax dodder

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Antillean Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

flax dodder

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Congo (DRC)), Asia (5 countries), Europe (20 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Brazil).

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.