Jamaican fruit bat vs pignut

Artibeus jamaicensis compared with Mesosphaerum suaveolens

Key Differences

• Jamaican fruit bat is Least Concern while pignut is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Jamaican fruit bat	pignut
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Lamiaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Mesosphaerum
Species	Artibeus jamaicensis	Mesosphaerum suaveolens

Conservation Status

Jamaican fruit bat

LC — Least Concern

pignut

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Jamaican fruit bat	pignut
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.

pignut

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Congo (DRC), Ethiopia, Guinea, and Timor-Leste.