Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat vs Khakiweed

Artibeus cinereus compared with Alternanthera pungens

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat	Khakiweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Amaranthaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Alternanthera
Species	Artibeus cinereus	Alternanthera pungens

Conservation Status

Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Khakiweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat	Khakiweed
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.

Khakiweed

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (15 countries), Asia (9 countries), Europe (6 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Papua New Guinea), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).