Doum Palm vs Greater Naked Bat

Hyphaene thebaica compared with Cheiromeles torquatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Doum Palm	Greater Naked Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Arecales (Arecales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Arecaceae	Molossidae
Genus	Hyphaene	Cheiromeles
Species	Hyphaene thebaica	Cheiromeles torquatus

Conservation Status

Doum Palm

LC — Least Concern

Greater Naked Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Doum Palm	Greater Naked 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.

Greater Naked Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.