Antillean Fruit-eating Bat vs Fringed Cup

Brachyphylla cavernarum compared with Encoelia fimbriata

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Antillean Fruit-eating Bat	Fringed Cup
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Leotiomycetes (Leotiomycetes)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Helotiales (Helotiales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Cenangiaceae
Genus	Brachyphylla	Encoelia
Species	Brachyphylla cavernarum	Encoelia fimbriata

Conservation Status

Antillean Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Fringed Cup

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Antillean Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Fringed Cup

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.