Forest Lamb vs Great Fruit-eating Bat

Albatrellus ovinus compared with Artibeus lituratus

Key Differences

• Forest Lamb is Extinct while Great Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Forest Lamb	Great Fruit-eating Bat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Russulales (Russulales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Albatrellaceae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Albatrellus	Artibeus
Species	Albatrellus ovinus	Artibeus lituratus

Conservation Status

Forest Lamb

EX — Extinct

Great Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Forest Lamb	Great Fruit-eating Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Forest Lamb

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States.

Great Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.