Goat's-beard vs Jamaican fruit bat

Tragopogon pratensis compared with Artibeus jamaicensis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Goat's-beard	Jamaican fruit bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Tragopogon	Artibeus
Species	Tragopogon pratensis	Artibeus jamaicensis

Conservation Status

Goat's-beard

LC — Least Concern

Jamaican fruit bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Goat's-beard	Jamaican fruit bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Goat's-beard

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (6 countries), and North America (Canada, United States).

Jamaican fruit bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Colombia.