Bitternut vs Fischer's Little Fruit Bat

Carya cordiformis compared with Rhinophylla fischerae

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bitternut	Fischer's Little Fruit Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fagales (Beeches & Oaks)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Juglandaceae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Carya	Rhinophylla
Species	Carya cordiformis	Rhinophylla fischerae

Conservation Status

Bitternut

LC — Least Concern

Fischer's Little Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bitternut	Fischer's Little Fruit Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bitternut

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (5 countries) and North America (Canada, United States).

Fischer's Little Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Bitternut

The Bitternut (Carya cordiformis) is a species in the genus Carya. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.