Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat vs Streamside Swordfern

Artibeus cinereus compared with Nephrolepis rivularis

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat	Streamside Swordfern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Nephrolepidaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Nephrolepis
Species	Artibeus cinereus	Nephrolepis rivularis

Conservation Status

Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Streamside Swordfern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat	Streamside Swordfern
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.

Streamside Swordfern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, and Cuba.