Antillean Fruit-eating Bat vs Silver Lime

Brachyphylla cavernarum compared with Tilia tomentosa

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Antillean Fruit-eating Bat	Silver Lime
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Malvales (Malvales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Malvaceae
Genus	Brachyphylla	Tilia
Species	Brachyphylla cavernarum	Tilia tomentosa

Conservation Status

Antillean Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Silver Lime

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Antillean Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Silver Lime

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (15 countries) and North America (Canada).

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.