Couchgrass vs Lesser Northern Free-tailed Bat

Elymus repens compared with Chaerephon johorensis

Key Differences

• Couchgrass is Least Concern while Lesser Northern Free-tailed Bat is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Couchgrass	Lesser Northern Free-tailed Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Poaceae (Grass Family)	Molossidae
Genus	Elymus	Chaerephon
Species	Elymus repens	Chaerephon johorensis

Conservation Status

Couchgrass

LC — Least Concern

Lesser Northern Free-tailed Bat

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Couchgrass	Lesser Northern Free-tailed Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Couchgrass

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, deserts and xeric shrublands, and temperate coniferous forests, among 5 distinct biome types spanning the Australasia and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Egypt, South Africa), Asia (Iran, North Korea), Europe (4 countries), North America (Canada, Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Papua New Guinea), and South America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile).

Lesser Northern Free-tailed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.