Jamaican fruit bat vs serpent cactus

Artibeus jamaicensis compared with Peniocereus serpentinus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Jamaican fruit bat	serpent cactus
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	Peniocereus
Species	Artibeus jamaicensis	Peniocereus serpentinus

Conservation Status

Jamaican fruit bat

LC — Least Concern

serpent cactus

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Jamaican fruit bat	serpent cactus
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.

serpent cactus

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Australia, South Africa, and Zambia.