Lesser Naked Bat vs Para grass

Cheiromeles parvidens compared with Urochloa mutica

Key Differences

• Lesser Naked Bat is Least Concern while Para grass is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Lesser Naked Bat	Para grass
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Molossidae	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Cheiromeles	Urochloa
Species	Cheiromeles parvidens	Urochloa mutica

Conservation Status

Lesser Naked Bat

LC — Least Concern

Para grass

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Lesser Naked Bat	Para grass
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Lesser Naked Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Para grass

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Seychelles, Somalia), Asia (Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand), Europe (Belgium, Portugal, Spain), North America (11 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (7 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador).