Antillean Fruit-eating Bat vs Rusty Crust

Brachyphylla cavernarum compared with Skeletocutis amorpha

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Antillean Fruit-eating Bat	Rusty Crust
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Polyporales (Polyporales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Incrustoporiaceae
Genus	Brachyphylla	Skeletocutis
Species	Brachyphylla cavernarum	Skeletocutis amorpha

Conservation Status

Antillean Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Rusty Crust

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Antillean Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Rusty Crust

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

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.