Antillean Fruit-eating Bat vs Thread Weed

Brachyphylla cavernarum compared with Ulva compressa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Antillean Fruit-eating Bat	Thread Weed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Chlorophyta (Chlorophyta)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Ulvophyceae (Ulvophyceae)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Ulvales (Ulvales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Ulvaceae
Genus	Brachyphylla	Ulva
Species	Brachyphylla cavernarum	Ulva compressa

Conservation Status

Antillean Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Thread Weed

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Antillean Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Thread Weed

Habitat

Native to Asia and Europe and Oceania, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand), and South America (Brazil).

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.