Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat vs Hairy Yellow-shouldered Bat

Artibeus cinereus compared with Sturnira erythromos

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat	Hairy Yellow-shouldered Bat
Kingdom same	Animalia (animal)	Animalia (animal)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (mammifères)	Mammalia (mammifères)
Order same	Chiroptera (Bats)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family same	Phyllostomidae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Artibeus	Sturnira
Species	Artibeus cinereus	Sturnira erythromos

Evolutionary Relationship

Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat and Hairy Yellow-shouldered Bat share a common ancestor at the Family level: Phyllostomidae.

Conservation Status

Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Hairy Yellow-shouldered Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat	Hairy Yellow-shouldered Bat
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.

Hairy Yellow-shouldered Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇻🇪 Venezuela