Coppery Sprite vs Silkrubber

Arielulus cuprosus compared with Funtumia elastica

Key Differences

• Coppery Sprite is Vulnerable while Silkrubber is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Coppery Sprite	Silkrubber
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Vespertilionidae	Apocynaceae
Genus	Arielulus	Funtumia
Species	Arielulus cuprosus	Funtumia elastica

Conservation Status

Coppery Sprite

VU — Vulnerable

Silkrubber

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Coppery Sprite	Silkrubber
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Coppery Sprite

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Silkrubber

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Cameroon, Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, and Seychelles.