Great Fruit-eating Bat vs Mesa Wart Lichen

Artibeus lituratus compared with Pertusaria subpertusa

Key Differences

• Great Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern while Mesa Wart Lichen is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Great Fruit-eating Bat	Mesa Wart Lichen
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Lecanoromycetes (Lecanoromycetes)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Pertusariales (Pertusariales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Pertusariaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Pertusaria
Species	Artibeus lituratus	Pertusaria subpertusa

Conservation Status

Great Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Mesa Wart Lichen

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Great Fruit-eating Bat	Mesa Wart Lichen
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Great Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Mesa Wart Lichen

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found in Norway.