Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat vs Ivory Barnacle

Artibeus cinereus compared with Amphibalanus eburneus

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat	Ivory Barnacle
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Maxillopoda (Maxillopoda)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Sessilia (Sessilia)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Balanidae
Genus	Artibeus	Amphibalanus
Species	Artibeus cinereus	Amphibalanus eburneus

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Ivory Barnacle

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat	Ivory Barnacle
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.

Ivory Barnacle

Habitat

Native to Africa and Asia and Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Tunisia), Asia (7 countries), Europe (10 countries), North America (Mexico, Panama, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands), and South America (Colombia).