Branched Pixie-Cup Lichen vs Great Fruit-eating Bat

Cladonia ramulosa compared with Artibeus lituratus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Branched Pixie-Cup Lichen	Great Fruit-eating Bat
Kingdom	Fungi (균계)	Animalia (동물)
Phylum	Ascomycota (자낭균류)	Chordata (척삭동물)
Class	Lecanoromycetes (요강버섯강)	Mammalia (포유류)
Order	Lecanorales (레카노라목)	Chiroptera (박쥐)
Family	Cladoniaceae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Cladonia	Artibeus
Species	Cladonia ramulosa	Artibeus lituratus

Conservation Status

Branched Pixie-Cup Lichen

LC — Least Concern

Great Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Branched Pixie-Cup Lichen	Great Fruit-eating Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Branched Pixie-Cup Lichen

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (4 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Great Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Branched Pixie-Cup Lichen

The Branched pixie-cup lichen (Cladonia ramulosa) is a species in the genus Cladonia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Native to Asia and Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.