Elephant Palm vs Handley's Red Bat

Borassus aethiopum compared with Lasiurus atratus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elephant Palm	Handley's Red Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Arecales (Arecales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Arecaceae	Vespertilionidae
Genus	Borassus	Lasiurus
Species	Borassus aethiopum	Lasiurus atratus

Conservation Status

Elephant Palm

LC — Least Concern

Handley's Red Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elephant Palm	Handley's Red Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elephant Palm

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Guinea and Yemen.

Handley's Red Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Venezuela.