Long-tailed Wattled Bat vs Northern Raphia

Chalinolobus tuberculatus compared with Raphia sudanica

Key Differences

• Long-tailed Wattled Bat is Critically Endangered while Northern Raphia is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-tailed Wattled Bat	Northern Raphia
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Arecales (Arecales)
Family	Vespertilionidae	Arecaceae
Genus	Chalinolobus	Raphia
Species	Chalinolobus tuberculatus	Raphia sudanica

Conservation Status

Long-tailed Wattled Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Northern Raphia

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Long-tailed Wattled Bat	Northern Raphia
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Long-tailed Wattled Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Northern Raphia

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 4 distinct biome types within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Cameroon and Guinea. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.