Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat vs Midge

Artibeus cinereus compared with Dasineura affinis

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat	Midge
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Diptera (Diptera)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Cecidomyiidae
Genus	Artibeus	Dasineura
Species	Artibeus cinereus	Dasineura affinis

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Midge

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat	Midge
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.

Midge

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States.