Jamaican fruit bat vs wall scalewort

Artibeus jamaicensis compared with Porella platyphylla

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Jamaican fruit bat	wall scalewort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Marchantiophyta (liverwort)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Jungermanniopsida (Jungermanniopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Porellales (Porellales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Porellaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Porella
Species	Artibeus jamaicensis	Porella platyphylla

Conservation Status

Jamaican fruit bat

LC — Least Concern

wall scalewort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Jamaican fruit bat	wall scalewort
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.

wall scalewort

Habitat

Native to Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found across Europe (5 countries) and North America (United States).