Jamaican fruit bat vs paradise-nut

Artibeus jamaicensis compared with Lecythis zabucajo

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Jamaican fruit bat	paradise-nut
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Lecythidaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Lecythis
Species	Artibeus jamaicensis	Lecythis zabucajo

Conservation Status

Jamaican fruit bat

LC — Least Concern

paradise-nut

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Jamaican fruit bat	paradise-nut
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.

paradise-nut

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil and Taiwan.