Chapin's Free-tailed Bat vs Tape grass

Chaerephon chapini compared with Vallisneria spiralis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chapin's Free-tailed Bat	Tape grass
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Alismatales (Alismatales)
Family	Molossidae	Hydrocharitaceae
Genus	Chaerephon	Vallisneria
Species	Chaerephon chapini	Vallisneria spiralis

Conservation Status

Chapin's Free-tailed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Tape grass

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chapin's Free-tailed Bat	Tape grass
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chapin's Free-tailed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Tape grass

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Egypt, Mauritius, South Africa), Asia (5 countries), Europe (23 countries), North America (Canada, Jamaica, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand).

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.