Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat vs Gray-headed Lapwing

Artibeus cinereus compared with Vanellus cinereus

Key Differences

• Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern while Gray-headed Lapwing is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat	Gray-headed Lapwing
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Charadriiformes (Charadriiformes)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Charadriidae
Genus	Artibeus	Vanellus
Species	Artibeus cinereus	Vanellus cinereus

Evolutionary Relationship

Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat and Gray-headed Lapwing share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (Chordates)

Conservation Status

Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Gray-headed Lapwing

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat	Gray-headed Lapwing
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.

Gray-headed Lapwing

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Distributed across Norway, Sweden, and Taiwan.