Blue-black Tooth vs Jamaican fruit bat

Phellodon atratus compared with Artibeus jamaicensis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Blue-black Tooth Jamaican fruit bat
Kingdom Fungi (Fungi) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Basidiomycota (Club Fungi) Chordata (Chordates)
Class Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms) Mammalia (Mammals)
Order Thelephorales (Thelephorales) Chiroptera (Bats)
Family Thelephoraceae Phyllostomidae
Genus Phellodon Artibeus
Species Phellodon atratus Artibeus jamaicensis

Conservation Status

Blue-black Tooth

LC — Least Concern

Jamaican fruit bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Blue-black Tooth Jamaican fruit bat
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Blue-black Tooth

Habitat

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

Jamaican fruit bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Colombia.

Blue-black Tooth

The Blue-black Tooth (Phellodon atratus) is a species in the genus Phellodon. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Jamaican fruit bat

No description available.

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