jumbie-pineapple vs Lyles flying fox

Tillandsia utriculata compared with Pteropus lylei

Key Differences

• jumbie-pineapple is Near Threatened while Lyles flying fox is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	jumbie-pineapple	Lyles flying fox
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Bromeliaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Tillandsia	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Tillandsia utriculata	Pteropus lylei

Conservation Status

jumbie-pineapple

NT — Near Threatened

Lyles flying fox

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	jumbie-pineapple	Lyles flying fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

jumbie-pineapple

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Cuba. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

Lyles flying fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.