Deviltree vs Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat

Alstonia macrophylla compared with Artibeus cinereus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Deviltree Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat
Kingdom Plantae (Plants) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants) Chordata (Chordates)
Class Magnoliopsida (Dicots) Mammalia (Mammals)
Order Gentianales (Gentianales) Chiroptera (Bats)
Family Apocynaceae Phyllostomidae
Genus Alstonia Artibeus
Species Alstonia macrophylla Artibeus cinereus

Conservation Status

Deviltree

LC — Least Concern

Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Deviltree

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Congo (DRC), Seychelles, Sri Lanka, and United States.

Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Venezuela.

Deviltree

No description available.

Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat

No description available.

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