Black-bearded Tomb Bat vs Brown Carpet Beetle

Taphozous melanopogon compared with Attagenus smirnovi

Key Differences

• Black-bearded Tomb Bat is Least Concern while Brown Carpet Beetle is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-bearded Tomb Bat	Brown Carpet Beetle
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Coleoptera (Beetles)
Family	Emballonuridae	Dermestidae
Genus	Taphozous	Attagenus
Species	Taphozous melanopogon	Attagenus smirnovi

Evolutionary Relationship

Black-bearded Tomb Bat and Brown Carpet Beetle share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Black-bearded Tomb Bat

LC — Least Concern

Brown Carpet Beetle

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-bearded Tomb Bat	Brown Carpet Beetle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-bearded Tomb Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Brown Carpet Beetle

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found across Europe (13 countries).

Black-bearded Tomb Bat

The Black-bearded Tomb Bat (Taphozous melanopogon) is a species in the genus Taphozous. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Brown Carpet Beetle

The Brown Carpet Beetle (Attagenus smirnovi) is a species in the genus Attagenus. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats. Found across Europe (13 countries). It is found across Belarus, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France.