Black-bearded Tomb Bat vs Digitgrass

Taphozous melanopogon compared with Digitaria eriantha

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-bearded Tomb Bat	Digitgrass
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Emballonuridae	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Taphozous	Digitaria
Species	Taphozous melanopogon	Digitaria eriantha

Conservation Status

Black-bearded Tomb Bat

LC — Least Concern

Digitgrass

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-bearded Tomb Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Digitgrass

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Bhutan, India), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Palau), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.