Antillean Fruit-eating Bat vs foothill flat sedge

Brachyphylla cavernarum compared with Cyperus amabilis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Antillean Fruit-eating Bat	foothill flat sedge
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Cyperaceae
Genus	Brachyphylla	Cyperus
Species	Brachyphylla cavernarum	Cyperus amabilis

Conservation Status

Antillean Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

foothill flat sedge

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Antillean Fruit-eating Bat	foothill flat sedge
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Antillean Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

foothill flat sedge

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Burundi, Guinea, Madagascar), North America (Cuba), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.