Curled Thistle vs Gray Short-tailed Bat

Carduus crispus compared with Carollia subrufa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Curled Thistle	Gray Short-tailed Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Carduus	Carollia
Species	Carduus crispus	Carollia subrufa

Conservation Status

Curled Thistle

LC — Least Concern

Gray Short-tailed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Curled Thistle	Gray Short-tailed Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Curled Thistle

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan, North Korea), Europe (7 countries), and North America (Canada, United States).

Gray Short-tailed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.