'Ihi vs Lesser Naked Bat

Oxalis corniculata compared with Cheiromeles parvidens

Taxonomic Classification

Rank 'Ihi Lesser Naked Bat
Kingdom Plantae (Plants) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants) Chordata (Chordates)
Class Magnoliopsida (Dicots) Mammalia (Mammals)
Order Oxalidales (Oxalidales) Chiroptera (Bats)
Family Oxalidaceae Molossidae
Genus Oxalis Cheiromeles
Species Oxalis corniculata Cheiromeles parvidens

Conservation Status

'Ihi

LC — Least Concern

Lesser Naked Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute 'Ihi Lesser Naked Bat
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

'Ihi

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and deserts and xeric shrublands, among 7 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (18 countries), Asia (17 countries), Europe (30 countries), North America (7 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (11 countries), and South America (7 countries).

Lesser Naked Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

'Ihi

No description available.

Lesser Naked Bat

No description available.

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