Great Fruit-eating Bat vs Plum Rust

Artibeus lituratus compared with Tranzschelia discolor

Key Differences

• Great Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern while Plum Rust is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Great Fruit-eating Bat	Plum Rust
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Pucciniomycetes (Pucciniomycetes)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Pucciniales (Pucciniales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Tranzscheliaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Tranzschelia
Species	Artibeus lituratus	Tranzschelia discolor

Conservation Status

Great Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Plum Rust

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Great Fruit-eating Bat	Plum Rust
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.

Plum Rust

Habitat

Native to Europe and South America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries) and South America (Brazil).