Black-bearded Tomb Bat vs Cornish heath

Taphozous melanopogon compared with Erica vagans

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-bearded Tomb Bat	Cornish heath
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Emballonuridae	Ericaceae
Genus	Taphozous	Erica
Species	Taphozous melanopogon	Erica vagans

Conservation Status

Black-bearded Tomb Bat

LC — Least Concern

Cornish heath

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-bearded Tomb Bat	Cornish heath
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-bearded Tomb Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Cornish heath

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (India), Europe (4 countries), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand).

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.