Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat vs Soapberry

Artibeus cinereus compared with Sapindus saponaria

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat	Soapberry
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Sapindaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Sapindus
Species	Artibeus cinereus	Sapindus saponaria

Conservation Status

Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Soapberry

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat	Soapberry
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.

Soapberry

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (9 countries), Asia (India, Vietnam), North America (Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala), and South America (Brazil, Chile, Colombia).