Ashy Button vs Jamaican fruit bat

Acleris sparsana compared with Artibeus jamaicensis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Ashy Button Jamaican fruit bat
Kingdom same Animalia (Animals) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) Chordata (Chordates)
Class Insecta (Insects) Mammalia (Mammals)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths) Chiroptera (Bats)
Family Tortricidae Phyllostomidae
Genus Acleris Artibeus
Species Acleris sparsana Artibeus jamaicensis

Evolutionary Relationship

Ashy Button and Jamaican fruit bat share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Ashy Button

LC — Least Concern

Jamaican fruit bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Ashy Button Jamaican fruit bat
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ashy Button

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Jamaican fruit bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Colombia.

Ashy Button

Ashy button (Acleris sparsana) is a species in the genus Acleris. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Jamaican fruit bat

No description available.

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