Lappet-eared Free-tailed Bat vs Prickly Heath

Chaerephon major compared with Gaultheria mucronata

Key Differences

• Lappet-eared Free-tailed Bat is Least Concern while Prickly Heath is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Lappet-eared Free-tailed Bat	Prickly Heath
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Molossidae	Ericaceae
Genus	Chaerephon	Gaultheria
Species	Chaerephon major	Gaultheria mucronata

Conservation Status

Lappet-eared Free-tailed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Prickly Heath

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Lappet-eared Free-tailed Bat	Prickly Heath
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Lappet-eared Free-tailed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Prickly Heath

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Ireland, Norway, Sweden, and United Kingdom.