Antillean Fruit-eating Bat vs Mastic Thyme

Brachyphylla cavernarum compared with Thymus mastichina

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Antillean Fruit-eating Bat	Mastic Thyme
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Lamiaceae
Genus	Brachyphylla	Thymus
Species	Brachyphylla cavernarum	Thymus mastichina

Conservation Status

Antillean Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Mastic Thyme

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Antillean Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Mastic Thyme

Habitat

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

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.