Brownbeard rice vs Frosted Sac-winged Bat

Oryza rufipogon compared with Saccopteryx canescens

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brownbeard rice	Frosted Sac-winged Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Poaceae (Grass Family)	Emballonuridae
Genus	Oryza (Rice)	Saccopteryx
Species	Oryza rufipogon	Saccopteryx canescens

Conservation Status

Brownbeard rice

LC — Least Concern

Frosted Sac-winged Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brownbeard rice	Frosted Sac-winged Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Brownbeard rice

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including deserts and xeric shrublands, tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, among 10 distinct biome types spanning the Palearctic and Indomalayan and Neotropic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Egypt), Asia (5 countries), North America (Costa Rica, Mexico, United States), and South America (8 countries).

Frosted Sac-winged Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Venezuela.

Brownbeard rice

The Brownbeard Rice (Oryza rufipogon) is a species in the genus Oryza. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including deserts and xeric shrublands, tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, among 10 distinct biome types spanning the Palearctic and Indo