Hairy Fruit-eating Bat vs Variable Chafer

Artibeus hirsutus compared with Gnorimus variabilis

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hairy 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 hirsutus	Gnorimus variabilis

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Hairy Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Variable Chafer

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Hairy Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Variable Chafer

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

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