Black-and-red Free-tailed Bat vs smooth heliotrope

Chaerephon jobimena compared with Heliotropium curassavicum

Key Differences

• Black-and-red Free-tailed Bat is Least Concern while smooth heliotrope is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-and-red Free-tailed Bat	smooth heliotrope
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Boraginales (Boraginales)
Family	Molossidae	Heliotropiaceae
Genus	Chaerephon	Heliotropium
Species	Chaerephon jobimena	Heliotropium curassavicum

Conservation Status

Black-and-red Free-tailed Bat

LC — Least Concern

smooth heliotrope

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-and-red Free-tailed Bat	smooth heliotrope
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-and-red Free-tailed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

smooth heliotrope

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (6 countries), Asia (5 countries), Europe (13 countries), North America (Cuba), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Marshall Islands), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Black-and-red Free-tailed Bat

The Black-and-red Free-tailed Bat (Chaerephon jobimena) is a species in the genus Chaerephon. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.