Gunpowder tree vs Pacific Tent-making Bat

Melochia umbellata compared with Uroderma convexum

Key Differences

• Gunpowder tree is Least Concern while Pacific Tent-making Bat is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gunpowder tree	Pacific Tent-making Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Malvales (Malvales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Malvaceae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Melochia	Uroderma
Species	Melochia umbellata	Uroderma convexum

Conservation Status

Gunpowder tree

LC — Least Concern

Pacific Tent-making Bat

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gunpowder tree	Pacific Tent-making Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gunpowder tree

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Australasia biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Micronesia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, and United States.

Pacific Tent-making Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador.