Fused Tooth vs Jamaican fruit bat

Phellodon confluens compared with Artibeus jamaicensis

Key Differences

• Fused Tooth is Vulnerable while Jamaican fruit bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fused 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 confluens	Artibeus jamaicensis

Conservation Status

Fused Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Jamaican fruit bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fused Tooth	Jamaican fruit bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fused Tooth

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Jamaican fruit bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Colombia.