Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat vs large blue

Artibeus cinereus compared with Maculinea arion

Key Differences

• Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern while large blue is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat	large blue
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Lycaenidae
Genus	Artibeus	Maculinea
Species	Artibeus cinereus	Maculinea arion

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

large blue

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat	large blue
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.

large blue

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found in Sweden. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.