Antillean Fruit-eating Bat vs Ruby Bolete

Brachyphylla cavernarum compared with Hortiboletus rubellus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Antillean Fruit-eating Bat	Ruby Bolete
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Boletales (Boletales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Boletaceae
Genus	Brachyphylla	Hortiboletus
Species	Brachyphylla cavernarum	Hortiboletus rubellus

Conservation Status

Antillean Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Ruby Bolete

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Antillean Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Ruby Bolete

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and 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.