Hairy Fruit-eating Bat vs Mousepee Pinkgill

Artibeus hirsutus compared with Entoloma incanum

Key Differences

• Hairy Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern while Mousepee Pinkgill is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hairy Fruit-eating Bat	Mousepee Pinkgill
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Entolomataceae
Genus	Artibeus	Entoloma
Species	Artibeus hirsutus	Entoloma incanum

Conservation Status

Hairy Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Mousepee Pinkgill

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hairy Fruit-eating Bat	Mousepee Pinkgill
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Hairy Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Mousepee Pinkgill

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.