Foxtail Smut vs Great Fruit-eating Bat

Urocystis alopecuri compared with Artibeus lituratus

Key Differences

• Foxtail Smut is Not Evaluated while Great Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Foxtail Smut	Great Fruit-eating Bat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Ustilaginomycetes (Ustilaginomycetes)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Urocystidales (Urocystidales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Urocystidaceae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Urocystis	Artibeus
Species	Urocystis alopecuri	Artibeus lituratus

Conservation Status

Foxtail Smut

NE — Not Evaluated

Great Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Foxtail Smut	Great Fruit-eating Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Foxtail Smut

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Belgium and Sweden.

Great Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.