Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat vs Hide Beetle

Artibeus cinereus compared with Dermestes maculatus

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat	Hide Beetle
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Coleoptera (Beetles)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Dermestidae
Genus	Artibeus	Dermestes
Species	Artibeus cinereus	Dermestes maculatus

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Hide Beetle

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat	Hide Beetle
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.

Hide Beetle

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan, Taiwan), Europe (15 countries), North America (Canada), and South America (Colombia).