Antillean Fruit-eating Bat vs marsh-elder

Brachyphylla cavernarum compared with Iva annua

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Antillean Fruit-eating Bat	marsh-elder
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Brachyphylla	Iva
Species	Brachyphylla cavernarum	Iva annua

Conservation Status

Antillean Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

marsh-elder

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Antillean Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

marsh-elder

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, France, and Sweden.

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.