Gallagher's Free-tailed Bat vs Turmeric

Chaerephon gallagheri compared with Curcuma longa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gallagher's Free-tailed Bat	Turmeric
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Zingiberales (Zingiberales)
Family	Molossidae	Zingiberaceae
Genus	Chaerephon	Curcuma
Species	Chaerephon gallagheri	Curcuma longa

Conservation Status

Gallagher's Free-tailed Bat

DD — Data Deficient

Turmeric

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gallagher's Free-tailed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Turmeric

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 8 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 (Congo (DRC), Madagascar, Sao Tome and Principe), Asia (Philippines, Taiwan, Yemen), North America (Cuba, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Colombia, Ecuador).