Great Fruit-eating Bat vs Violet Smut

Artibeus lituratus compared with Urocystis violae

Key Differences

• Great Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern while Violet Smut is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Great Fruit-eating Bat	Violet Smut
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Ustilaginomycetes (Ustilaginomycetes)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Urocystidales (Urocystidales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Urocystidaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Urocystis
Species	Artibeus lituratus	Urocystis violae

Conservation Status

Great Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Violet Smut

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Great Fruit-eating Bat	Violet Smut
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.

Violet Smut

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found in Denmark.