Elephant Palm vs Lesser Naked Bat

Borassus aethiopum compared with Cheiromeles parvidens

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elephant Palm	Lesser 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	Borassus	Cheiromeles
Species	Borassus aethiopum	Cheiromeles parvidens

Conservation Status

Elephant Palm

LC — Least Concern

Lesser Naked Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elephant Palm	Lesser Naked 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.

Lesser Naked Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.