False Flasks vs Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat

Pertusaria propinqua compared with Artibeus cinereus

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False Flasks	Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Lecanoromycetes (Lecanoromycetes)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Pertusariales (Pertusariales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Pertusariaceae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Pertusaria	Artibeus
Species	Pertusaria propinqua	Artibeus cinereus

Conservation Status

False Flasks

NE — Not Evaluated

Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

False Flasks

Habitat

Native to Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Norway and United States.

Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Venezuela.