Jamaican fruit bat vs persimmon

Artibeus jamaicensis compared with Diospyros kaki

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Jamaican fruit bat	persimmon
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Ebenaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Diospyros
Species	Artibeus jamaicensis	Diospyros kaki

Conservation Status

Jamaican fruit bat

LC — Least Concern

persimmon

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Jamaican fruit bat	persimmon
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.

persimmon

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Libya), Asia (4 countries), Europe (8 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil).