Elephant Palm vs Pale-faced Bat

Borassus aethiopum compared with Phylloderma stenops

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elephant Palm	Pale-faced Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Arecales (Arecales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Arecaceae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Borassus	Phylloderma
Species	Borassus aethiopum	Phylloderma stenops

Conservation Status

Elephant Palm

LC — Least Concern

Pale-faced Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elephant Palm	Pale-faced 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.

Pale-faced Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.