Antillean Fruit-eating Bat vs Lesser Crestwort

Brachyphylla cavernarum compared with Lophocolea minor

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Antillean Fruit-eating Bat	Lesser Crestwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Marchantiophyta (liverwort)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Jungermanniopsida (Jungermanniopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Jungermanniales (Jungermanniales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Lophocoleaceae
Genus	Brachyphylla	Lophocolea
Species	Brachyphylla cavernarum	Lophocolea minor

Conservation Status

Antillean Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Lesser Crestwort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Antillean Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Lesser Crestwort

Habitat

Native to Asia and Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (6 countries), and North America (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.