Antillean Fruit-eating Bat vs River False Buttonweed

Brachyphylla cavernarum compared with Spermacoce tenuior

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Antillean Fruit-eating Bat	River False Buttonweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Rubiaceae
Genus	Brachyphylla	Spermacoce
Species	Brachyphylla cavernarum	Spermacoce tenuior

Conservation Status

Antillean Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

River False Buttonweed

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Antillean Fruit-eating Bat	River False Buttonweed
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Antillean Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

River False Buttonweed

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Cuba, and 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.