Box Wattle vs Lesser Naked Bat

Buxus natalensis compared with Cheiromeles parvidens

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Box Wattle	Lesser Naked Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Buxales (Buxales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Buxaceae	Molossidae
Genus	Buxus	Cheiromeles
Species	Buxus natalensis	Cheiromeles parvidens

Conservation Status

Box Wattle

LC — Least Concern

Lesser Naked Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Box Wattle	Lesser Naked Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Box Wattle

Habitat

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

Lesser Naked Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Box Wattle

The Box wattle (Buxus natalensis) is a species in the genus Buxus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.