Doum Palm vs Gray Short-tailed Bat

Hyphaene thebaica compared with Carollia subrufa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Doum Palm	Gray Short-tailed Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Arecales (Arecales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Arecaceae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Hyphaene	Carollia
Species	Hyphaene thebaica	Carollia subrufa

Conservation Status

Doum Palm

LC — Least Concern

Gray Short-tailed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Doum Palm	Gray Short-tailed Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Doum Palm

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across India, Taiwan, and Yemen.

Gray Short-tailed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.