Big Brown Bat vs Checkerberry

Eptesicus fuscus compared with Gaultheria procumbens

Key Differences

• Big Brown Bat is Least Concern while Checkerberry is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big Brown Bat	Checkerberry
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Vespertilionidae	Ericaceae
Genus	Eptesicus	Gaultheria
Species	Eptesicus fuscus	Gaultheria procumbens

Conservation Status

Big Brown Bat

LC — Least Concern

Checkerberry

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big Brown Bat	Checkerberry
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big Brown Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Colombia, Ecuador, United States, and Venezuela.

Checkerberry

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Found across Europe (5 countries) and North America (Canada, United States).

Big Brown Bat

The Big Brown Bat (Eptesicus fuscus) is a species in the genus Eptesicus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Checkerberry

The Checkerberry (Gaultheria procumbens) is a species in the genus Gaultheria. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇺🇸 United States