Artist'S Bracket vs Jamaican fruit bat

Ganoderma applanatum compared with Artibeus jamaicensis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Artist'S Bracket Jamaican fruit bat
Kingdom Fungi (Fungi) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Basidiomycota (Club Fungi) Chordata (Chordates)
Class Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms) Mammalia (Mammals)
Order Polyporales (Polyporales) Chiroptera (Bats)
Family Polyporaceae Phyllostomidae
Genus Ganoderma Artibeus
Species Ganoderma applanatum Artibeus jamaicensis

Conservation Status

Artist'S Bracket

LC — Least Concern

Jamaican fruit bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Artist'S Bracket Jamaican fruit bat
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Artist'S Bracket

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (4 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Jamaican fruit bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Colombia.

Artist'S Bracket

Artist's bracket (Ganoderma applanatum) is a species in the genus Ganoderma. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Jamaican fruit bat

No description available.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

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