Chestnut Sac-winged Bat vs Northern Raphia

Cormura brevirostris compared with Raphia sudanica

Key Differences

• Chestnut Sac-winged Bat is Least Concern while Northern Raphia is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Sac-winged Bat	Northern Raphia
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	Raphia
Species	Cormura brevirostris	Raphia sudanica

Conservation Status

Chestnut Sac-winged Bat

LC — Least Concern

Northern Raphia

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Sac-winged Bat	Northern Raphia
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.

Northern Raphia

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 4 distinct biome types within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Cameroon and Guinea. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

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.