vs Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat

Comatricha elegans compared with Artibeus gnomus

Key Differences

• is Not Evaluated while Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat
Kingdom	Protozoa (protozoo)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Mycetozoa	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Myxomycetes (Myxomycetes)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Stemonitidales	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Stemonitidaceae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Comatricha	Artibeus
Species	Comatricha elegans	Artibeus gnomus

Conservation Status

NE — Not Evaluated

Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (Belgium, Norway, Sweden), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil).

Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Comatricha elegans es un delicado mixomiceto que forma esporangios cilíndricos delgados y pedunculados con una intrincada red interna de hilos (capilicio) que ayudan a la dispersión de esporas. Crece sobre madera en descomposición y corteza en ambientes forestales húmedos en todo el mundo. Esta especie pertenece a un grupo de hongos mucilaginosos destacables por su elegante arquitectura de cuerpos fructíferos y su distribución cosmopolita.