Beach-Heath vs Golden-capped Fruit Bat

Hudsonia tomentosa compared with Acerodon jubatus

Key Differences

• Beach-Heath is Not Evaluated while Golden-capped Fruit Bat is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beach-Heath	Golden-capped Fruit Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Malvales (Malvales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Cistaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Hudsonia	Acerodon
Species	Hudsonia tomentosa	Acerodon jubatus

Conservation Status

Beach-Heath

NE — Not Evaluated

Golden-capped Fruit Bat

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beach-Heath	Golden-capped Fruit Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Beach-Heath

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

Golden-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Beach-Heath

The Beach-Heath (Hudsonia tomentosa) is a species in the genus Hudsonia. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.