Delicate Tube-nosed Bat vs Prickly Heath

Murina gracilis compared with Gaultheria mucronata

Key Differences

• Delicate Tube-nosed Bat is Least Concern while Prickly Heath is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Delicate Tube-nosed 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	Vespertilionidae	Ericaceae
Genus	Murina	Gaultheria
Species	Murina gracilis	Gaultheria mucronata

Conservation Status

Delicate Tube-nosed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Prickly Heath

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Delicate Tube-nosed Bat	Prickly Heath
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Delicate Tube-nosed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Taiwan.

Prickly Heath

Habitat

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

Range

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