Brown Fruit-eating Bat vs Hemlock Varnish Shelf

Artibeus concolor compared with Ganoderma tsugae

Key Differences

• Brown Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern while Hemlock Varnish Shelf is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brown Fruit-eating Bat	Hemlock Varnish Shelf
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Polyporales (Polyporales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Polyporaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Ganoderma
Species	Artibeus concolor	Ganoderma tsugae

Conservation Status

Brown Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Hemlock Varnish Shelf

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brown Fruit-eating Bat	Hemlock Varnish Shelf
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Brown Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Hemlock Varnish Shelf

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (5 countries) and North America (United States).

Brown Fruit-eating Bat

The Brown Fruit-eating Bat (Artibeus concolor) is a species in the genus Artibeus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.