Chinese yam vs Dwarf Free-tailed Bat

Dioscorea esculenta compared with Mops nanulus

Key Differences

• Chinese yam is Not Evaluated while Dwarf Free-tailed Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chinese yam	Dwarf Free-tailed Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Dioscoreales (Dioscoreales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Dioscoreaceae	Molossidae
Genus	Dioscorea	Mops
Species	Dioscorea esculenta	Mops nanulus

Conservation Status

Chinese yam

NE — Not Evaluated

Dwarf Free-tailed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chinese yam	Dwarf Free-tailed Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chinese yam

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Burkina Faso, Colombia, and Seychelles.

Dwarf Free-tailed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Chinese yam

The Chinese Yam (Dioscorea esculenta) is a species in the genus Dioscorea. Distributed across Burkina Faso, Colombia, and Seychelles.