Jamaican fruit bat vs Seba's Short-tailed Bat

Artibeus jamaicensis compared with Carollia perspicillata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Jamaican fruit bat	Seba's Short-tailed Bat
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (Mammals)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order same	Chiroptera (Bats)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family same	Phyllostomidae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Artibeus	Carollia
Species	Artibeus jamaicensis	Carollia perspicillata

Evolutionary Relationship

Jamaican fruit bat and Seba's Short-tailed Bat share a common ancestor at the Family level: Phyllostomidae.

Conservation Status

Jamaican fruit bat

LC — Least Concern

Seba's Short-tailed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Jamaican fruit bat	Seba's Short-tailed Bat
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.

Seba's Short-tailed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia