Long-tailed Wattled Bat vs Silkrubber

Chalinolobus tuberculatus compared with Funtumia elastica

Key Differences

• Long-tailed Wattled Bat is Critically Endangered while Silkrubber is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-tailed Wattled Bat	Silkrubber
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Vespertilionidae	Apocynaceae
Genus	Chalinolobus	Funtumia
Species	Chalinolobus tuberculatus	Funtumia elastica

Conservation Status

Long-tailed Wattled Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Silkrubber

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Long-tailed Wattled Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Silkrubber

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Cameroon, Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, and Seychelles.