Gumtree Deceiver vs Large Fruit-eating Bat

Laccaria fraterna compared with Artibeus amplus

Key Differences

• Gumtree Deceiver is Data Deficient while Large Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gumtree Deceiver	Large Fruit-eating Bat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Hydnangiaceae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Laccaria	Artibeus
Species	Laccaria fraterna	Artibeus amplus

Conservation Status

Gumtree Deceiver

DD — Data Deficient

Large Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gumtree Deceiver	Large Fruit-eating Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gumtree Deceiver

Habitat

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

Range

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

Large Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Venezuela.