Hairy Fruit-eating Bat vs Thatching grass

Artibeus hirsutus compared with Hyparrhenia hirta

Key Differences

• Hairy Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern while Thatching grass is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hairy Fruit-eating 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	Artibeus	Hyparrhenia
Species	Artibeus hirsutus	Hyparrhenia hirta

Conservation Status

Hairy Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Thatching grass

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hairy Fruit-eating Bat	Thatching grass
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Hairy Fruit-eating 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).