Antillean Fruit-eating Bat vs Jackswitch

Brachyphylla cavernarum compared with Corchorus hirsutus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Antillean Fruit-eating Bat	Jackswitch
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Malvales (Malvales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Malvaceae
Genus	Brachyphylla	Corchorus
Species	Brachyphylla cavernarum	Corchorus hirsutus

Conservation Status

Antillean Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Jackswitch

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Antillean Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Jackswitch

Habitat

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

Range

Found in 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.