Greater Naked Bat vs Jio

Cheiromeles torquatus compared with Commelina benghalensis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Greater Naked Bat Jio
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order Chiroptera (Bats) Commelinales (Commelinales)
Family Molossidae Commelinaceae
Genus Cheiromeles Commelina
Species Cheiromeles torquatus Commelina benghalensis

Conservation Status

Greater Naked Bat

LC — Least Concern

Jio

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Greater Naked Bat Jio
Diet — —
Average Lifespan — —
Average Length — —
Average Weight — —

Habitat & Geographic Range

Greater Naked Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Jio

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, among 5 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (11 countries), Asia (7 countries), Europe (Croatia, Portugal, Spain), North America (Mexico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), and South America (5 countries).

Greater Naked Bat

No description available.

Jio

No description available.

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