Capote vs Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat

Xanthosoma robustum compared with Artibeus cinereus

Key Differences

• Capote is Not Evaluated while Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Capote	Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Alismatales (Alismatales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Araceae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Xanthosoma	Artibeus
Species	Xanthosoma robustum	Artibeus cinereus

Conservation Status

Capote

NE — Not Evaluated

Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Capote

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras, and United States.

Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Venezuela.

Capote

The Capote (Xanthosoma robustum) is a species in the genus Xanthosoma. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.