Black-bearded Tomb Bat vs Fourspike heliotrope

Taphozous melanopogon compared with Euploca procumbens

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-bearded Tomb Bat	Fourspike heliotrope
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Boraginales (Boraginales)
Family	Emballonuridae	Heliotropiaceae
Genus	Taphozous	Euploca
Species	Taphozous melanopogon	Euploca procumbens

Conservation Status

Black-bearded Tomb Bat

LC — Least Concern

Fourspike heliotrope

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-bearded Tomb Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Fourspike heliotrope

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Australasia biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Cuba, Micronesia, Solomon Islands, and United States.

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.