checker fiddleneck vs East African little collared fruit bat

Amsinckia tessellata compared with Myonycteris relicta

Key Differences

• checker fiddleneck is Not Evaluated while East African little collared fruit bat is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	checker fiddleneck	East African little collared fruit bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Boraginales (Boraginales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Boraginaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Amsinckia	Myonycteris
Species	Amsinckia tessellata	Myonycteris relicta

Conservation Status

checker fiddleneck

NE — Not Evaluated

East African little collared fruit bat

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	checker fiddleneck	East African little collared fruit bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

checker fiddleneck

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Asia (Japan) and Europe (7 countries).

East African little collared fruit bat

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 5 distinct biome types within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in Kenya. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

checker fiddleneck

The checker fiddleneck (Amsinckia tessellata) is a species in the genus Amsinckia. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.