Eel-Grass Pondweed vs Gray Short-tailed Bat

Potamogeton zosteriformis compared with Carollia subrufa

Key Differences

• Eel-Grass Pondweed is Not Evaluated while Gray Short-tailed Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Eel-Grass Pondweed	Gray Short-tailed Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Alismatales (Alismatales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Potamogetonaceae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Potamogeton	Carollia
Species	Potamogeton zosteriformis	Carollia subrufa

Conservation Status

Eel-Grass Pondweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Gray Short-tailed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Eel-Grass Pondweed	Gray Short-tailed Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Eel-Grass Pondweed

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Canada, Norway, and United States.

Gray Short-tailed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.