Flower-faced Bat vs Prickly Heath

Anthops ornatus compared with Gaultheria mucronata

Key Differences

• Flower-faced Bat is Vulnerable while Prickly Heath is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Flower-faced Bat	Prickly Heath
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Hipposideridae	Ericaceae
Genus	Anthops	Gaultheria
Species	Anthops ornatus	Gaultheria mucronata

Conservation Status

Flower-faced Bat

VU — Vulnerable

Prickly Heath

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Flower-faced Bat	Prickly Heath
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Flower-faced Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Prickly Heath

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Ireland, Norway, Sweden, and United Kingdom.