Lesser Naked Bat vs Tickclover

Cheiromeles parvidens compared with Desmodium incanum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Lesser Naked Bat	Tickclover
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	Desmodium
Species	Cheiromeles parvidens	Desmodium incanum

Conservation Status

Lesser Naked Bat

LC — Least Concern

Tickclover

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Lesser Naked Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Tickclover

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (10 countries), Asia (Japan), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (12 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).