Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat vs Headfly

Artibeus cinereus compared with Hydrotaea irritans

Key Differences

• Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern while Headfly is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat	Headfly
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Diptera (Diptera)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Muscidae
Genus	Artibeus	Hydrotaea
Species	Artibeus cinereus	Hydrotaea irritans

Evolutionary Relationship

Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat and Headfly share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Headfly

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat	Headfly
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.

Headfly

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.