Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat vs Shingled Hedgehog

Artibeus cinereus compared with Sarcodon imbricatus

Key Differences

• Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern while Shingled Hedgehog is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat	Shingled Hedgehog
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Bankeraceae
Genus	Artibeus	Sarcodon
Species	Artibeus cinereus	Sarcodon imbricatus

Conservation Status

Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Shingled Hedgehog

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat	Shingled Hedgehog
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.

Shingled Hedgehog

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (4 countries), and North America (United States). Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.