Chapin's Free-tailed Bat vs Purple Prickly-pear

Chaerephon chapini compared with Opuntia macrocentra

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Chapin's Free-tailed Bat Purple Prickly-pear
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order Chiroptera (Bats) Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family Molossidae Cactaceae
Genus Chaerephon Opuntia
Species Chaerephon chapini Opuntia macrocentra

Conservation Status

Chapin's Free-tailed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Purple Prickly-pear

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Chapin's Free-tailed Bat Purple Prickly-pear
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chapin's Free-tailed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Purple Prickly-pear

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Brazil.

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.

Purple Prickly-pear

No description available.

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