Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat vs Hairy Big-eyed Bat

Artibeus cinereus compared with Chiroderma villosum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat	Hairy Big-eyed 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 same	Phyllostomidae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Artibeus	Chiroderma
Species	Artibeus cinereus	Chiroderma villosum

Evolutionary Relationship

Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat and Hairy Big-eyed Bat share a common ancestor at the Family level: Phyllostomidae.

Conservation Status

Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Hairy Big-eyed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat	Hairy Big-eyed 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.

Hairy Big-eyed 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