Checkerberry vs Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat

Gaultheria procumbens compared with Artibeus cinereus

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Checkerberry	Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Ericales (Ericales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Ericaceae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Gaultheria	Artibeus
Species	Gaultheria procumbens	Artibeus cinereus

Conservation Status

Checkerberry

NE — Not Evaluated

Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

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).

Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Venezuela.

Checkerberry

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