long yam vs Painted Woolly Bat

Dioscorea transversa compared with Kerivoula picta

Key Differences

• long yam is Least Concern while Painted Woolly Bat is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	long yam	Painted Woolly Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Dioscoreales (Dioscoreales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Dioscoreaceae	Vespertilionidae
Genus	Dioscorea	Kerivoula
Species	Dioscorea transversa	Kerivoula picta

Conservation Status

long yam

LC — Least Concern

Painted Woolly Bat

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	long yam	Painted Woolly Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

long yam

Habitat

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

Painted Woolly Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.