Carriker's Round-eared Bat vs Cereal Fly

Lophostoma carrikeri compared with Geomyza tripunctata

Key Differences

• Carriker's Round-eared Bat is Least Concern while Cereal Fly is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Carriker's Round-eared Bat	Cereal Fly
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Diptera (Diptera)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Opomyzidae
Genus	Lophostoma	Geomyza
Species	Lophostoma carrikeri	Geomyza tripunctata

Evolutionary Relationship

Carriker's Round-eared Bat and Cereal Fly share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Carriker's Round-eared Bat

LC — Least Concern

Cereal Fly

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Carriker's Round-eared Bat	Cereal Fly
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Carriker's Round-eared Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Cereal Fly

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

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

Carriker's Round-eared Bat

The Carriker's Round-eared Bat (Lophostoma carrikeri) is a species in the genus Lophostoma. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Cereal Fly

The Cereal Fly (Geomyza tripunctata) is a species in the genus Geomyza. Found across Europe (5 countries) and North America (United States).