Greater Naked Bat vs Thatching grass

Cheiromeles torquatus compared with Hyparrhenia hirta

Key Differences

• Greater Naked Bat is Least Concern while Thatching grass is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Greater Naked Bat	Thatching grass
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Molossidae	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Cheiromeles	Hyparrhenia
Species	Cheiromeles torquatus	Hyparrhenia hirta

Conservation Status

Greater Naked Bat

LC — Least Concern

Thatching grass

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Greater Naked Bat	Thatching grass
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Greater Naked Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Thatching grass

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Guinea), Asia (Taiwan), Europe (Czech Republic, Portugal, Spain), North America (Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil).