Gallagher's Free-tailed Bat vs Poorland flatsedge

Chaerephon gallagheri compared with Cyperus compressus

Key Differences

• Gallagher's Free-tailed Bat is Data Deficient while Poorland flatsedge is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gallagher's Free-tailed Bat	Poorland flatsedge
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Molossidae	Cyperaceae
Genus	Chaerephon	Cyperus
Species	Chaerephon gallagheri	Cyperus compressus

Conservation Status

Gallagher's Free-tailed Bat

DD — Data Deficient

Poorland flatsedge

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gallagher's Free-tailed Bat	Poorland flatsedge
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gallagher's Free-tailed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Poorland flatsedge

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including flooded grasslands and savannas, tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, among 5 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (6 countries), Asia (7 countries), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (11 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).