Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat vs Violet Smut

Artibeus cinereus compared with Urocystis violae

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat	Violet Smut
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Ustilaginomycetes (Ustilaginomycetes)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Urocystidales (Urocystidales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Urocystidaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Urocystis
Species	Artibeus cinereus	Urocystis violae

Conservation Status

Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Violet Smut

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat	Violet Smut
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.

Violet Smut

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found in Denmark.