Hairy Big-eared Bat vs Thatching grass

Micronycteris hirsuta compared with Hyparrhenia hirta

Key Differences

• Hairy Big-eared Bat is Least Concern while Thatching grass is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hairy Big-eared 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	Phyllostomidae	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Micronycteris	Hyparrhenia
Species	Micronycteris hirsuta	Hyparrhenia hirta

Conservation Status

Hairy Big-eared Bat

LC — Least Concern

Thatching grass

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hairy Big-eared Bat	Thatching grass
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Hairy Big-eared Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

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).