Lesser Naked Bat vs Tape grass

Cheiromeles parvidens compared with Vallisneria spiralis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Lesser Naked Bat	Tape grass
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Alismatales (Alismatales)
Family	Molossidae	Hydrocharitaceae
Genus	Cheiromeles	Vallisneria
Species	Cheiromeles parvidens	Vallisneria spiralis

Conservation Status

Lesser Naked Bat

LC — Least Concern

Tape grass

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Lesser Naked Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Tape grass

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Egypt, Mauritius, South Africa), Asia (5 countries), Europe (23 countries), North America (Canada, Jamaica, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand).