Flame Nasturtium vs Jamaican fruit bat

Tropaeolum speciosum compared with Artibeus jamaicensis

Key Differences

• Flame Nasturtium is Not Evaluated while Jamaican fruit bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Flame Nasturtium	Jamaican fruit bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Brassicales (Brassicales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Tropaeolaceae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Tropaeolum	Artibeus
Species	Tropaeolum speciosum	Artibeus jamaicensis

Conservation Status

Flame Nasturtium

NE — Not Evaluated

Jamaican fruit bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Flame Nasturtium	Jamaican fruit bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Flame Nasturtium

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Europe (7 countries), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand).

Jamaican fruit bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Colombia.