Eastern Red Bat vs Silkrubber

Lasiurus borealis compared with Funtumia elastica

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Eastern Red Bat	Silkrubber
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Vespertilionidae	Apocynaceae
Genus	Lasiurus	Funtumia
Species	Lasiurus borealis	Funtumia elastica

Conservation Status

Eastern Red Bat

LC — Least Concern

Silkrubber

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Eastern Red Bat	Silkrubber
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Eastern Red Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in United States.

Silkrubber

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Cameroon, Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, and Seychelles.