Gray Short-tailed Bat vs Spitting Spider

Carollia subrufa compared with Scytodes thoracica

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray Short-tailed Bat	Spitting Spider
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Araneae (Araneae)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Scytodidae
Genus	Carollia	Scytodes
Species	Carollia subrufa	Scytodes thoracica

Evolutionary Relationship

Gray Short-tailed Bat and Spitting Spider share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Gray Short-tailed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Spitting Spider

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray Short-tailed Bat	Spitting Spider
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray Short-tailed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Spitting Spider

Habitat

Typically found in terrestrial habitats from forests to deserts.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Taiwan), Europe (28 countries), and North America (Canada, United States).