Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat vs Jack bean

Artibeus cinereus compared with Canavalia ensiformis

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat	Jack bean
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Canavalia
Species	Artibeus cinereus	Canavalia ensiformis

Conservation Status

Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Jack bean

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat	Jack bean
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.

Jack bean

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (7 countries), Asia (4 countries), North America (Cuba, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Marshall Islands), and South America (Argentina, Brazil, Colombia).