Hairy Fruit-eating Bat vs Spotted Wart Lichen

Artibeus hirsutus compared with Pertusaria paratuberculifera

Key Differences

• Hairy Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern while Spotted Wart Lichen is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hairy Fruit-eating Bat	Spotted Wart Lichen
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Lecanoromycetes (Lecanoromycetes)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Pertusariales (Pertusariales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Pertusariaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Pertusaria
Species	Artibeus hirsutus	Pertusaria paratuberculifera

Conservation Status

Hairy Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Spotted Wart Lichen

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hairy Fruit-eating Bat	Spotted Wart Lichen
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Hairy Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Spotted Wart Lichen

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found in Norway.