Lesser Naked Bat vs Sweetpotato

Cheiromeles parvidens compared with Ipomoea batatas

Key Differences

• Lesser Naked Bat is Least Concern while Sweetpotato is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Lesser Naked Bat	Sweetpotato
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Molossidae	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Cheiromeles	Ipomoea
Species	Cheiromeles parvidens	Ipomoea batatas

Conservation Status

Lesser Naked Bat

LC — Least Concern

Sweetpotato

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Lesser Naked Bat	Sweetpotato
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Lesser Naked Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Sweetpotato

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (14 countries), Asia (8 countries), Europe (5 countries), North America (Honduras, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (9 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).