Lesser Naked Bat vs Pencil flower

Cheiromeles parvidens compared with Stylosanthes guianensis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Lesser Naked Bat	Pencil flower
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Molossidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Cheiromeles	Stylosanthes
Species	Cheiromeles parvidens	Stylosanthes guianensis

Conservation Status

Lesser Naked Bat

LC — Least Concern

Pencil flower

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Lesser Naked Bat	Pencil flower
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Lesser Naked Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Pencil flower

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (8 countries), Asia (7 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).