Campo-Ma’an Fruit Bat vs Papyrus

Casinycteris campomaanensis compared with Cyperus papyrus

Key Differences

• Campo-Ma’an Fruit Bat is Data Deficient while Papyrus is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Campo-Ma’an Fruit Bat	Papyrus
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)	Cyperaceae
Genus	Casinycteris	Cyperus
Species	Casinycteris campomaanensis	Cyperus papyrus

Conservation Status

Campo-Ma’an Fruit Bat

DD — Data Deficient

Papyrus

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Campo-Ma’an Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Papyrus

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Asia (India, Laos), Europe (Italy, Portugal), North America (Costa Rica, Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, 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.