Hairy Big-eared Bat vs Jamaican fruit bat

Micronycteris hirsuta compared with Artibeus jamaicensis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hairy Big-eared Bat	Jamaican fruit bat
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (Mammals)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order same	Chiroptera (Bats)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family same	Phyllostomidae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Micronycteris	Artibeus
Species	Micronycteris hirsuta	Artibeus jamaicensis

Evolutionary Relationship

Hairy Big-eared Bat and Jamaican fruit bat share a common ancestor at the Family level: Phyllostomidae.

Conservation Status

Hairy Big-eared Bat

LC — Least Concern

Jamaican fruit bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hairy Big-eared Bat	Jamaican fruit bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Hairy Big-eared Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Jamaican fruit bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Colombia.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia