Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat vs Transparent tunicate

Artibeus cinereus compared with Ciona savignyi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat	Transparent tunicate
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Ascidiacea (Ascidiacea)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Phlebobranchia
Family	Phyllostomidae	Cionidae
Genus	Artibeus	Ciona
Species	Artibeus cinereus	Ciona savignyi

Evolutionary Relationship

Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat and Transparent tunicate share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (Chordates)

Conservation Status

Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Transparent tunicate

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat	Transparent tunicate
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.

Transparent tunicate

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (Norway, Russia), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand), and South America (Argentina).