Campo-Ma’an Fruit Bat vs milkweed

Casinycteris campomaanensis compared with Gomphocarpus fruticosus

Key Differences

• Campo-Ma’an Fruit Bat is Data Deficient while milkweed is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Campo-Ma’an Fruit Bat	milkweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Apocynaceae
Genus	Casinycteris	Gomphocarpus
Species	Casinycteris campomaanensis	Gomphocarpus fruticosus

Conservation Status

Campo-Ma’an Fruit Bat

DD — Data Deficient

milkweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Campo-Ma’an Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

milkweed

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (6 countries), Europe (12 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand), and South America (Colombia).

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.