Jamaican fruit bat vs thrift root mealybug

Artibeus jamaicensis compared with Trionymus radicum

Key Differences

• Jamaican fruit bat is Least Concern while thrift root mealybug is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Jamaican fruit bat	thrift root mealybug
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Hemiptera (Hemiptera)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Pseudococcidae
Genus	Artibeus	Trionymus
Species	Artibeus jamaicensis	Trionymus radicum

Evolutionary Relationship

Jamaican fruit bat and thrift root mealybug share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Jamaican fruit bat

LC — Least Concern

thrift root mealybug

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Jamaican fruit bat	thrift root mealybug
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.

thrift root mealybug

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Norway and Sweden.