Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat vs Marbled stingray

Artibeus cinereus compared with Dasyatis marmorata

Key Differences

• Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern while Marbled stingray is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat	Marbled stingray
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Elasmobranchii
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Myliobatiformes (Myliobatiformes)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Dasyatidae
Genus	Artibeus	Dasyatis
Species	Artibeus cinereus	Dasyatis marmorata

Evolutionary Relationship

Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat and Marbled stingray share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (Chordates)

Conservation Status

Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Marbled stingray

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat	Marbled stingray
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.

Marbled stingray