Bed-jacket vs Jamaican Fig-eating Bat

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Ariteus flavescens

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Bed-jacket Jamaican Fig-eating Bat
Kingdom Plantae (Plants) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants) Chordata (Chordates)
Class Magnoliopsida (Dicots) Mammalia (Mammals)
Order Sapindales (Sapindales) Chiroptera (Bats)
Family Sapindaceae Phyllostomidae
Genus Alectryon Ariteus
Species Alectryon tomentosus Ariteus flavescens

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Jamaican Fig-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Bed-jacket Jamaican Fig-eating Bat
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bed-jacket

Habitat

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

Jamaican Fig-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Bed-jacket

The Bed-jacket (Alectryon tomentosus) is a species in the genus Alectryon. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Jamaican Fig-eating Bat

No description available.

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