Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat vs Red Beard Lichen

Artibeus cinereus compared with Usnea rubicunda

Key Differences

• Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern while Red Beard Lichen is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat	Red Beard Lichen
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Lecanoromycetes (Lecanoromycetes)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Lecanorales (Lecanorales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Parmeliaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Usnea
Species	Artibeus cinereus	Usnea rubicunda

Conservation Status

Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Red Beard Lichen

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat	Red Beard Lichen
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.

Red Beard Lichen

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (Norway, Portugal, Sweden), North America (United States), and South America (Colombia).