Jamaican fruit bat vs Wormseed

Artibeus jamaicensis compared with Dysphania anthelmintica

Key Differences

• Jamaican fruit bat is Least Concern while Wormseed is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Jamaican fruit bat	Wormseed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Amaranthaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Dysphania
Species	Artibeus jamaicensis	Dysphania anthelmintica

Conservation Status

Jamaican fruit bat

LC — Least Concern

Wormseed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Jamaican fruit bat	Wormseed
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.

Wormseed

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (6 countries), and North America (United States).