Calla lily vs Long-tailed Wattled Bat

Zantedeschia aethiopica compared with Chalinolobus tuberculatus

Key Differences

• Calla lily is Least Concern while Long-tailed Wattled Bat is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Calla lily	Long-tailed Wattled Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Alismatales (Alismatales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Araceae	Vespertilionidae
Genus	Zantedeschia	Chalinolobus
Species	Zantedeschia aethiopica	Chalinolobus tuberculatus

Conservation Status

Calla lily

LC — Least Concern

Long-tailed Wattled Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Calla lily	Long-tailed Wattled Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Calla lily

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, temperate coniferous forests, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Neotropic and Palearctic realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Burundi, Morocco), Asia (India, Taiwan, Turkey), Europe (14 countries), North America (Costa Rica, Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand), and South America (5 countries).

Long-tailed Wattled Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Calla lily

The Calla lily (Zantedeschia aethiopica) is a species in the genus Zantedeschia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, temperate coniferous forests, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Neotropic and Palearctic realms.