Firewheel vs Lesser Naked Bat

Gaillardia pulchella compared with Cheiromeles parvidens

Key Differences

• Firewheel is Not Evaluated while Lesser Naked Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Firewheel	Lesser Naked Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Molossidae
Genus	Gaillardia	Cheiromeles
Species	Gaillardia pulchella	Cheiromeles parvidens

Conservation Status

Firewheel

NE — Not Evaluated

Lesser Naked Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Firewheel	Lesser Naked Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Firewheel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Seychelles, South Africa), Asia (4 countries), Europe (15 countries), North America (Canada, Dominican Republic, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Kiribati, Palau), and South America (Colombia).

Lesser Naked Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.