Black-bearded Tomb Bat vs River Maple

Taphozous melanopogon compared with Acer saccharinum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-bearded Tomb Bat	River Maple
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Emballonuridae	Sapindaceae
Genus	Taphozous	Acer
Species	Taphozous melanopogon	Acer saccharinum

Conservation Status

Black-bearded Tomb Bat

LC — Least Concern

River Maple

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-bearded Tomb Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

River Maple

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Algeria), Asia (Armenia), Europe (19 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Brazil, 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.