Jamaican fruit bat vs Stinking chamomile

Artibeus jamaicensis compared with Anthemis cotula

Key Differences

• Jamaican fruit bat is Least Concern while Stinking chamomile is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Jamaican fruit bat	Stinking chamomile
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	Anthemis
Species	Artibeus jamaicensis	Anthemis cotula

Conservation Status

Jamaican fruit bat

LC — Least Concern

Stinking chamomile

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Jamaican fruit bat	Stinking chamomile
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.

Stinking chamomile

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Georgia, India), Europe (13 countries), North America (Canada, Mexico, United States), and South America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile). Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.