Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat vs Greater Dog-like Bat

Artibeus cinereus compared with Peropteryx kappleri

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat	Greater Dog-like 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	Phyllostomidae	Emballonuridae
Genus	Artibeus	Peropteryx
Species	Artibeus cinereus	Peropteryx kappleri

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Greater Dog-like Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat	Greater Dog-like Bat
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.

Greater Dog-like Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇻🇪 Venezuela