Great Fruit-eating Bat vs Pale Milkcap

Artibeus lituratus compared with Lactarius pallidus

Key Differences

• Great Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern while Pale Milkcap is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Great Fruit-eating Bat	Pale Milkcap
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Russulales (Russulales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Russulaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Lactarius
Species	Artibeus lituratus	Lactarius pallidus

Conservation Status

Great Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Pale Milkcap

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Great Fruit-eating Bat	Pale Milkcap
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.

Pale Milkcap

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Norway, and Sweden.