Great Fruit-eating Bat vs Tar spot

Artibeus lituratus compared with Phyllachora maydis

Key Differences

• Great Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern while Tar spot is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Great Fruit-eating Bat	Tar spot
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Sordariomycetes (Sordariomycetes)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Phyllachorales (Phyllachorales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Phyllachoraceae
Genus	Artibeus	Phyllachora
Species	Artibeus lituratus	Phyllachora maydis

Conservation Status

Great Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Tar spot

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Great Fruit-eating Bat	Tar spot
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.

Tar spot

Habitat

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

Range

Found in United States.