Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat vs Silverfish

Artibeus gnomus compared with Ctenolepisma longicaudatum

Key Differences

• Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern while Silverfish is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat	Silverfish
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Zygentoma (Zygentoma)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Lepismatidae
Genus	Artibeus	Ctenolepisma
Species	Artibeus gnomus	Ctenolepisma longicaudatum

Evolutionary Relationship

Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat and Silverfish share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Silverfish

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat	Silverfish
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Silverfish

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Cyprus, Taiwan), Europe (11 countries), and North America (United States).