Campo-Ma’an Fruit Bat vs Dense Silky-bent

Casinycteris campomaanensis compared with Apera interrupta

Key Differences

• Campo-Ma’an Fruit Bat is Data Deficient while Dense Silky-bent is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Campo-Ma’an Fruit Bat	Dense Silky-bent
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Casinycteris	Apera
Species	Casinycteris campomaanensis	Apera interrupta

Conservation Status

Campo-Ma’an Fruit Bat

DD — Data Deficient

Dense Silky-bent

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Campo-Ma’an Fruit Bat	Dense Silky-bent
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Campo-Ma’an Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Dense Silky-bent

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, temperate grasslands and steppes, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 4 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (9 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Argentina, Chile). Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

Campo-Ma’an Fruit Bat

The Campo-Ma’an Fruit Bat (Casinycteris campomaanensis) is a species in the genus Casinycteris. It is currently classified as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.