Great Fruit-eating Bat vs Phoma blight

Artibeus lituratus compared with Epicoccum sorghinum

Key Differences

• Great Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern while Phoma blight is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Great Fruit-eating Bat	Phoma blight
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Dothideomycetes (Dothideomycetes)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Pleosporales (Pleosporales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Didymellaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Epicoccum
Species	Artibeus lituratus	Epicoccum sorghinum

Conservation Status

Great Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Phoma blight

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Great Fruit-eating Bat	Phoma blight
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.

Phoma blight

Habitat

Native to North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found in United States.