Chapin's Free-tailed Bat vs Tickclover

Chaerephon chapini compared with Desmodium incanum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Chapin's Free-tailed Bat Tickclover
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order Chiroptera (Bats) Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family Molossidae Fabaceae
Genus Chaerephon Desmodium
Species Chaerephon chapini Desmodium incanum

Conservation Status

Chapin's Free-tailed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Tickclover

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chapin's Free-tailed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Tickclover

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (10 countries), Asia (Japan), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (12 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.

Tickclover

No description available.

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