Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat vs Goatcheese Webcap

Artibeus cinereus compared with Cortinarius camphoratus

Key Differences

• Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern while Goatcheese Webcap is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat	Goatcheese Webcap
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Cortinariaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Cortinarius
Species	Artibeus cinereus	Cortinarius camphoratus

Conservation Status

Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Goatcheese Webcap

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat	Goatcheese Webcap
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Venezuela.

Goatcheese Webcap

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.