Gray Short-tailed Bat vs Prickly Coontail

Carollia subrufa compared with Ceratophyllum echinatum

Key Differences

• Gray Short-tailed Bat is Least Concern while Prickly Coontail is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray Short-tailed Bat	Prickly Coontail
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Ceratophyllales (Ceratophyllales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Ceratophyllaceae
Genus	Carollia	Ceratophyllum
Species	Carollia subrufa	Ceratophyllum echinatum

Conservation Status

Gray Short-tailed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Prickly Coontail

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray Short-tailed Bat	Prickly Coontail
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray Short-tailed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Prickly Coontail

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.