Jamaican fruit bat vs Vegetable fern

Artibeus jamaicensis compared with Diplazium esculentum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Jamaican fruit bat	Vegetable fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Athyriaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Diplazium
Species	Artibeus jamaicensis	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

Jamaican fruit bat

LC — Least Concern

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Jamaican fruit bat	Vegetable fern
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.

Vegetable fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Australia, Portugal, South Africa, and United States.