Love Apple vs Painted Woolly Bat

Paris polyphylla compared with Kerivoula picta

Key Differences

• Love Apple is Vulnerable while Painted Woolly Bat is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Love Apple	Painted Woolly Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Liliales (Liliales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Melanthiaceae	Vespertilionidae
Genus	Paris	Kerivoula
Species	Paris polyphylla	Kerivoula picta

Conservation Status

Love Apple

VU — Vulnerable

Painted Woolly Bat

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Love Apple	Painted Woolly Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Love Apple

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Taiwan. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Painted Woolly Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.