Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat vs Mudworm

Artibeus cinereus compared with Aporrectodea limicola

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat	Mudworm
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Annelida (Segmented Worms)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Clitellata (Clitellata)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Crassiclitellata (Crassiclitellata)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Lumbricidae
Genus	Artibeus	Aporrectodea
Species	Artibeus cinereus	Aporrectodea limicola

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Mudworm

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat	Mudworm
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.

Mudworm

Habitat

Native to Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

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