Cuckoo-Bread vs Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat

Oxalis acetosella compared with Artibeus cinereus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Cuckoo-Bread Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat
Kingdom Plantae (Plants) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants) Chordata (Chordates)
Class Magnoliopsida (Dicots) Mammalia (Mammals)
Order Oxalidales (Oxalidales) Chiroptera (Bats)
Family Oxalidaceae Phyllostomidae
Genus Oxalis Artibeus
Species Oxalis acetosella Artibeus cinereus

Conservation Status

Cuckoo-Bread

LC — Least Concern

Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Cuckoo-Bread Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cuckoo-Bread

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries) and North America (United States).

Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Venezuela.

Cuckoo-Bread

No description available.

Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat

No description available.

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