Lesueur's Hairy Bat vs Prickly Heath

Cistugo lesueuri compared with Gaultheria mucronata

Key Differences

• Lesueur's Hairy Bat is Least Concern while Prickly Heath is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Lesueur's Hairy Bat	Prickly Heath
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Cistugidae	Ericaceae
Genus	Cistugo	Gaultheria
Species	Cistugo lesueuri	Gaultheria mucronata

Conservation Status

Lesueur's Hairy Bat

LC — Least Concern

Prickly Heath

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Lesueur's Hairy Bat	Prickly Heath
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Lesueur's Hairy Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Prickly Heath

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Ireland, Norway, Sweden, and United Kingdom.