Jamaican fruit bat vs long yam

Artibeus jamaicensis compared with Dioscorea transversa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Jamaican fruit bat	long yam
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Dioscoreales (Dioscoreales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Dioscoreaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Dioscorea
Species	Artibeus jamaicensis	Dioscorea transversa

Conservation Status

Jamaican fruit bat

LC — Least Concern

long yam

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Jamaican fruit bat	long yam
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Jamaican fruit bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Colombia.

long yam

Habitat

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