Antillean Fruit-eating Bat vs Pith Plant

Brachyphylla cavernarum compared with Aeschynomene aspera

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Antillean Fruit-eating Bat	Pith Plant
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	Aeschynomene
Species	Brachyphylla cavernarum	Aeschynomene aspera

Conservation Status

Antillean Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Pith Plant

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Antillean Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Pith Plant

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Madagascar.

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.