Great Fruit-eating Bat vs Variable Chafer

Artibeus lituratus compared with Gnorimus variabilis

Key Differences

• Great Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern while Variable Chafer is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Great Fruit-eating Bat	Variable Chafer
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Coleoptera (Beetles)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Scarabaeidae
Genus	Artibeus	Gnorimus
Species	Artibeus lituratus	Gnorimus variabilis

Evolutionary Relationship

Great Fruit-eating Bat and Variable Chafer share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Great Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Variable Chafer

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Great Fruit-eating Bat	Variable Chafer
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Great Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Variable Chafer

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland.