Madagascar Sheath-tailed Bat vs utile

Coleura kibomalandy compared with Entandrophragma utile

Key Differences

• Madagascar Sheath-tailed Bat is Data Deficient while utile is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Madagascar Sheath-tailed Bat	utile
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Emballonuridae	Meliaceae
Genus	Coleura	Entandrophragma
Species	Coleura kibomalandy	Entandrophragma utile

Conservation Status

Madagascar Sheath-tailed Bat

DD — Data Deficient

utile

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Madagascar Sheath-tailed Bat	utile
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Madagascar Sheath-tailed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

utile

Habitat

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

Range

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