Black-bearded Tomb Bat vs Crapemyrtle

Taphozous melanopogon compared with Lagerstroemia indica

Key Differences

• Black-bearded Tomb Bat is Least Concern while Crapemyrtle is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-bearded Tomb Bat	Crapemyrtle
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Emballonuridae	Lythraceae
Genus	Taphozous	Lagerstroemia
Species	Taphozous melanopogon	Lagerstroemia indica

Conservation Status

Black-bearded Tomb Bat

LC — Least Concern

Crapemyrtle

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-bearded Tomb Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Crapemyrtle

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (8 countries), Asia (6 countries), Europe (Croatia, Portugal), North America (10 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Marshall Islands), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador).

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.