Chinese Rufous Horseshoe Bat vs Prickly Heath

Rhinolophus sinicus compared with Gaultheria mucronata

Key Differences

• Chinese Rufous Horseshoe Bat is Least Concern while Prickly Heath is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chinese Rufous Horseshoe Bat	Prickly Heath
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Rhinolophidae	Ericaceae
Genus	Rhinolophus	Gaultheria
Species	Rhinolophus sinicus	Gaultheria mucronata

Conservation Status

Chinese Rufous Horseshoe Bat

LC — Least Concern

Prickly Heath

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chinese Rufous Horseshoe Bat	Prickly Heath
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chinese Rufous Horseshoe Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Prickly Heath

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Ireland, Norway, Sweden, and United Kingdom.

Chinese Rufous Horseshoe Bat

The Chinese Rufous Horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus sinicus) is a species in the genus Rhinolophus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.