Jamaican fruit bat vs Pitaya

Artibeus jamaicensis compared with Echinocereus enneacanthus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Jamaican fruit bat	Pitaya
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Cactaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Echinocereus
Species	Artibeus jamaicensis	Echinocereus enneacanthus

Conservation Status

Jamaican fruit bat

LC — Least Concern

Pitaya

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Jamaican fruit bat	Pitaya
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.

Pitaya

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Taiwan.