Campo-Ma’an Fruit Bat vs lignum vitae

Casinycteris campomaanensis compared with Guaiacum officinale

Key Differences

• Campo-Ma’an Fruit Bat is Data Deficient while lignum vitae is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Campo-Ma’an Fruit Bat	lignum vitae
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Zygophyllales (Zygophyllales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Zygophyllaceae
Genus	Casinycteris	Guaiacum
Species	Casinycteris campomaanensis	Guaiacum officinale

Conservation Status

Campo-Ma’an Fruit Bat

DD — Data Deficient

lignum vitae

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Campo-Ma’an Fruit Bat	lignum vitae
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Campo-Ma’an Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

lignum vitae

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Cuba, India, and United States. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.