Golden-capped Fruit Bat vs Prickly Yellow

Acerodon jubatus compared with Zanthoxylum caribaeum

Key Differences

• Golden-capped Fruit Bat is Endangered while Prickly Yellow is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Golden-capped Fruit Bat	Prickly Yellow
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Rutaceae
Genus	Acerodon	Zanthoxylum
Species	Acerodon jubatus	Zanthoxylum caribaeum

Conservation Status

Golden-capped Fruit Bat

EN — Endangered

Prickly Yellow

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Golden-capped Fruit Bat	Prickly Yellow
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Golden-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Prickly Yellow

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, and Cuba.