Flower-faced Bat vs sweet tanglehead

Anthops ornatus compared with Heteropogon melanocarpus

Key Differences

• Flower-faced Bat is Vulnerable while sweet tanglehead is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Flower-faced Bat	sweet tanglehead
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Hipposideridae	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Anthops	Heteropogon
Species	Anthops ornatus	Heteropogon melanocarpus

Conservation Status

Flower-faced Bat

VU — Vulnerable

sweet tanglehead

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Flower-faced Bat	sweet tanglehead
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Flower-faced Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

sweet tanglehead

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Burkina Faso, Colombia, and Guinea.