False Serotine Bat vs Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat

Hesperoptenus doriae compared with Artibeus cinereus

Key Differences

• False Serotine Bat is Data Deficient while Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False Serotine Bat	Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (Mammals)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order same	Chiroptera (Bats)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Vespertilionidae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Hesperoptenus	Artibeus
Species	Hesperoptenus doriae	Artibeus cinereus

Evolutionary Relationship

False Serotine Bat and Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat share a common ancestor at the Order level: Chiroptera. (Bats)

Conservation Status

False Serotine Bat

DD — Data Deficient

Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

False Serotine Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Venezuela.