boxthorn vs Jamaican fruit bat

Lycium europaeum compared with Artibeus jamaicensis

Key Differences

• boxthorn is Not Evaluated while Jamaican fruit bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	boxthorn	Jamaican fruit bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Solanales (Solanales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Solanaceae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Lycium	Artibeus
Species	Lycium europaeum	Artibeus jamaicensis

Conservation Status

boxthorn

NE — Not Evaluated

Jamaican fruit bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	boxthorn	Jamaican fruit bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

boxthorn

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Croatia, France, India, Portugal, and Spain.

Jamaican fruit bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Colombia.

boxthorn

The Boxthorn (Lycium europaeum) is a species in the genus Lycium. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions. It is found in Croatia, France, India, Portugal and Spain.