Great Fruit-eating Bat vs Pink Discus

Artibeus lituratus compared with Aleurodiscus wakefieldiae

Key Differences

• Great Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern while Pink Discus is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Great Fruit-eating Bat	Pink Discus
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Russulales (Russulales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Stereaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Aleurodiscus
Species	Artibeus lituratus	Aleurodiscus wakefieldiae

Conservation Status

Great Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Pink Discus

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Great Fruit-eating Bat	Pink Discus
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.

Pink Discus

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Norway and Taiwan.