Chapin's Free-tailed Bat vs Hardback Beetle

Chaerephon chapini compared with Tenebrio molitor

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chapin's Free-tailed Bat	Hardback Beetle
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Coleoptera (Beetles)
Family	Molossidae	Tenebrionidae
Genus	Chaerephon	Tenebrio
Species	Chaerephon chapini	Tenebrio molitor

Evolutionary Relationship

Chapin's Free-tailed Bat and Hardback Beetle share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Chapin's Free-tailed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Hardback Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chapin's Free-tailed Bat	Hardback Beetle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chapin's Free-tailed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Hardback Beetle

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate coniferous forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan, Mongolia), Europe (9 countries), and North America (Canada, United States).

Chapin's Free-tailed Bat

The Chapin's Free-tailed Bat (Chaerephon chapini) is a species in the genus Chaerephon. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.