Antillean Fruit-eating Bat vs Hydrangea

Brachyphylla cavernarum compared with Hydrangea macrophylla

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

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

Conservation Status

Antillean Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Hydrangea

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Antillean Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Hydrangea

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Seychelles, South Africa), Asia (India, Taiwan, Turkey), Europe (10 countries), North America (Guatemala), Oceania and the Pacific (Micronesia, New Zealand), and South America (Brazil, 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.