Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat vs Needle-leaf Spiderhead

Artibeus cinereus compared with Serruria linearis

Key Differences

• Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern while Needle-leaf Spiderhead is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat	Needle-leaf Spiderhead
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Proteales (Proteales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Proteaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Serruria
Species	Artibeus cinereus	Serruria linearis

Conservation Status

Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Needle-leaf Spiderhead

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat	Needle-leaf Spiderhead
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.

Needle-leaf Spiderhead

Habitat

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