Gray Short-tailed Bat vs thatch palm

Carollia subrufa compared with Coccothrinax crinita

Key Differences

• Gray Short-tailed Bat is Least Concern while thatch palm is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray Short-tailed Bat	thatch palm
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Arecales (Arecales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Arecaceae
Genus	Carollia	Coccothrinax
Species	Carollia subrufa	Coccothrinax crinita

Conservation Status

Gray Short-tailed Bat

LC — Least Concern

thatch palm

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray Short-tailed Bat	thatch palm
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray Short-tailed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

thatch palm

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Found in Cuba. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.