Chestnut Sac-winged Bat vs Elephant Palm

Cormura brevirostris compared with Borassus aethiopum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Sac-winged Bat	Elephant Palm
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Arecales (Arecales)
Family	Emballonuridae	Arecaceae
Genus	Cormura	Borassus
Species	Cormura brevirostris	Borassus aethiopum

Conservation Status

Chestnut Sac-winged Bat

LC — Least Concern

Elephant Palm

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Sac-winged Bat	Elephant Palm
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut Sac-winged Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Elephant Palm

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Guinea and Yemen.

Chestnut Sac-winged Bat

The Chestnut Sac-winged Bat (Cormura brevirostris) is a species in the genus Cormura. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.