Antillean Fruit-eating Bat vs Root Rot

Brachyphylla cavernarum compared with Heterobasidion annosum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Antillean Fruit-eating Bat	Root Rot
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Russulales (Russulales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Bondarzewiaceae
Genus	Brachyphylla	Heterobasidion
Species	Brachyphylla cavernarum	Heterobasidion annosum

Conservation Status

Antillean Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Root Rot

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Antillean Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Root Rot

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Norway, and Portugal.

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.