Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat vs Stinking Truffle

Artibeus cinereus compared with Tuber foetidum

Key Differences

• Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern while Stinking Truffle is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat	Stinking Truffle
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Pezizomycetes (Pezizomycetes)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Pezizales (Pezizales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Tuberaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Tuber
Species	Artibeus cinereus	Tuber foetidum

Conservation Status

Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Stinking Truffle

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat	Stinking Truffle
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.

Stinking Truffle

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.