East African little collared fruit bat vs hooked threadwort

Myonycteris relicta compared with Cephaloziella uncinata

Key Differences

• East African little collared fruit bat is Vulnerable while hooked threadwort is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	East African little collared fruit bat	hooked threadwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Marchantiophyta (liverwort)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Jungermanniopsida (Jungermanniopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Jungermanniales (Jungermanniales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Cephaloziellaceae
Genus	Myonycteris	Cephaloziella
Species	Myonycteris relicta	Cephaloziella uncinata

Conservation Status

East African little collared fruit bat

VU — Vulnerable

hooked threadwort

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	East African little collared fruit bat	hooked threadwort
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

East African little collared fruit bat

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 5 distinct biome types within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in Kenya. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

hooked threadwort

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Norway and Sweden.