Antillean Fruit-eating Bat vs Peanut

Brachyphylla cavernarum compared with Arachis hypogaea

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Antillean Fruit-eating Bat	Peanut
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Brachyphylla	Arachis
Species	Brachyphylla cavernarum	Arachis hypogaea

Conservation Status

Antillean Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Peanut

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Antillean Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Peanut

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (11 countries), Asia (5 countries), Europe (13 countries), North America (Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador).

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.