Greater Naked Bat vs Prickly Heath

Cheiromeles torquatus compared with Gaultheria mucronata

Key Differences

• Greater Naked Bat is Least Concern while Prickly Heath is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Greater Naked 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	Molossidae	Ericaceae
Genus	Cheiromeles	Gaultheria
Species	Cheiromeles torquatus	Gaultheria mucronata

Conservation Status

Greater Naked Bat

LC — Least Concern

Prickly Heath

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Greater Naked Bat	Prickly Heath
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Greater Naked 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.