Antillean Fruit-eating Bat vs Faya

Brachyphylla cavernarum compared with Morella faya

Key Differences

• Antillean Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern while Faya is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Antillean Fruit-eating Bat	Faya
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (planta)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fagales (Beeches & Oaks)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Myricaceae
Genus	Brachyphylla	Morella
Species	Brachyphylla cavernarum	Morella faya

Conservation Status

Antillean Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Faya

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Antillean Fruit-eating Bat	Faya
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Antillean Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Faya

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Indonesia), Europe (Norway, Portugal, Sweden), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

Antillean Fruit-eating Bat

The Antillean Fruit-eating Bat (Brachyphylla cavernarum) is a species in the genus Brachyphylla. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.