Brown Sedge vs Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat

Carex disticha compared with Artibeus cinereus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brown Sedge	Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Cyperaceae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Carex	Artibeus
Species	Carex disticha	Artibeus cinereus

Conservation Status

Brown Sedge

LC — Least Concern

Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brown Sedge	Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Brown Sedge

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (5 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Venezuela.

Brown Sedge

The Brown Sedge (Carex disticha) is a species in the genus Carex. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.