Black fruited galanga vs Eger’s Long-fingered Bat

Alpinia nigra compared with Miniopterus egeri

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black fruited galanga	Eger’s Long-fingered Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Zingiberales (Zingiberales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Zingiberaceae	Miniopteridae
Genus	Alpinia	Miniopterus
Species	Alpinia nigra	Miniopterus egeri

Conservation Status

Black fruited galanga

LC — Least Concern

Eger’s Long-fingered Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black fruited galanga	Eger’s Long-fingered Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black fruited galanga

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Found in Jamaica.

Eger’s Long-fingered Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Black fruited galanga

The Black fruited galanga (Alpinia nigra) is a species in the genus Alpinia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.