Ganoderma Butt Rot vs Great Fruit-eating Bat

Ganoderma zonatum compared with Artibeus lituratus

Key Differences

• Ganoderma Butt Rot is Not Evaluated while Great Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ganoderma Butt Rot	Great Fruit-eating Bat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polyporales (Polyporales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Polyporaceae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Ganoderma	Artibeus
Species	Ganoderma zonatum	Artibeus lituratus

Conservation Status

Ganoderma Butt Rot

NE — Not Evaluated

Great Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ganoderma Butt Rot	Great Fruit-eating Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ganoderma Butt Rot

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil and Norway.

Great Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.