Antillean Fruit-eating Bat vs Lumpy Bracket

Brachyphylla cavernarum compared with Trametes gibbosa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Antillean Fruit-eating Bat	Lumpy Bracket
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Polyporales (Polyporales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Polyporaceae
Genus	Brachyphylla	Trametes
Species	Brachyphylla cavernarum	Trametes gibbosa

Conservation Status

Antillean Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Lumpy Bracket

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Antillean Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Lumpy Bracket

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (5 countries), and North America (United States).

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.