Black-bearded Tomb Bat vs Guava

Taphozous melanopogon compared with Psidium guajava

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

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

Conservation Status

Black-bearded Tomb Bat

LC — Least Concern

Guava

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-bearded Tomb Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Guava

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (40 countries), Asia (20 countries), Europe (7 countries), North America (12 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (13 countries), and South America (8 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.