Bed-jacket vs Jamaican fruit bat

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Artibeus jamaicensis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Bed-jacket Jamaican fruit 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 Artibeus
Species Alectryon tomentosus Artibeus jamaicensis

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Jamaican fruit bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Bed-jacket Jamaican fruit 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 fruit bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Colombia.

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 fruit bat

No description available.

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