Gray Short-tailed Bat vs Prickly Heath

Carollia subrufa compared with Gaultheria mucronata

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray Short-tailed Bat	Prickly Heath
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Ericaceae
Genus	Carollia	Gaultheria
Species	Carollia subrufa	Gaultheria mucronata

Conservation Status

Gray Short-tailed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Prickly Heath

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray Short-tailed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Prickly Heath

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Ireland, Norway, Sweden, and United Kingdom.