Giant arrowhead vs Jamaican fruit bat

Sagittaria montevidensis compared with Artibeus jamaicensis

Key Differences

• Giant arrowhead is Not Evaluated while Jamaican fruit bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Giant arrowhead	Jamaican fruit bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Alismatales (Alismatales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Alismataceae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Sagittaria	Artibeus
Species	Sagittaria montevidensis	Artibeus jamaicensis

Conservation Status

Giant arrowhead

NE — Not Evaluated

Jamaican fruit bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Giant arrowhead	Jamaican fruit bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Giant arrowhead

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Tanzania), Asia (Taiwan), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand), and South America (Brazil).

Jamaican fruit bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Colombia.