Jamaican fruit bat vs pliant lettuce

Artibeus jamaicensis compared with Lactuca viminea

Key Differences

• Jamaican fruit bat is Least Concern while pliant lettuce is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Jamaican fruit bat	pliant lettuce
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Artibeus	Lactuca
Species	Artibeus jamaicensis	Lactuca viminea

Conservation Status

Jamaican fruit bat

LC — Least Concern

pliant lettuce

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Jamaican fruit bat	pliant lettuce
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.

pliant lettuce

Habitat

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