Black fruited galanga vs Greater Broad-nosed Bat

Alpinia nigra compared with Platyrrhinus vittatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black fruited galanga	Greater Broad-nosed Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (식물)	Animalia (동물)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (피자식물문)	Chordata (척삭동물)
Class	Liliopsida (백합강)	Mammalia (포유류)
Order	Zingiberales (생강목)	Chiroptera (박쥐)
Family	Zingiberaceae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Alpinia	Platyrrhinus
Species	Alpinia nigra	Platyrrhinus vittatus

Conservation Status

Black fruited galanga

LC — Least Concern

Greater Broad-nosed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black fruited galanga	Greater Broad-nosed Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black fruited galanga

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Found in Jamaica.

Greater Broad-nosed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Black fruited galanga

The Black fruited galanga (Alpinia nigra) is a species in the genus Alpinia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.