Goat's-beard vs Greater Naked Bat

Tragopogon pratensis compared with Cheiromeles torquatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Goat's-beard	Greater 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	Tragopogon	Cheiromeles
Species	Tragopogon pratensis	Cheiromeles torquatus

Conservation Status

Goat's-beard

LC — Least Concern

Greater Naked Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Goat's-beard	Greater Naked Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Goat's-beard

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (6 countries), and North America (Canada, United States).

Greater Naked Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.