Great Fruit-eating Bat vs Root Rot

Artibeus lituratus compared with Heterobasidion annosum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Great Fruit-eating Bat	Root Rot
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Russulales (Russulales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Bondarzewiaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Heterobasidion
Species	Artibeus lituratus	Heterobasidion annosum

Conservation Status

Great Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Root Rot

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Great Fruit-eating Bat	Root Rot
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.

Root Rot

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Norway, and Portugal.