Gray Short-tailed Bat vs Grooved Flax

Carollia subrufa compared with Linum sulcatum

Key Differences

• Gray Short-tailed Bat is Least Concern while Grooved Flax is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray Short-tailed Bat	Grooved Flax
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Linaceae
Genus	Carollia	Linum
Species	Carollia subrufa	Linum sulcatum

Conservation Status

Gray Short-tailed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Grooved Flax

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray Short-tailed Bat	Grooved Flax
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray Short-tailed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Grooved Flax

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.