Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat vs Ragged Pseudocyphellaria

Artibeus gnomus compared with Pseudocyphellaria lacerata

Key Differences

• Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern while Ragged Pseudocyphellaria is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat	Ragged Pseudocyphellaria
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Lecanoromycetes (Lecanoromycetes)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Peltigerales (Peltigerales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Lobariaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Pseudocyphellaria
Species	Artibeus gnomus	Pseudocyphellaria lacerata

Conservation Status

Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Ragged Pseudocyphellaria

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat	Ragged Pseudocyphellaria
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Ragged Pseudocyphellaria

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Norway and Portugal.