Mexican Long-tongued Bat vs Thatching grass

Choeronycteris mexicana compared with Hyparrhenia hirta

Key Differences

• Mexican Long-tongued Bat is Near Threatened while Thatching grass is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Mexican Long-tongued Bat	Thatching grass
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Choeronycteris	Hyparrhenia
Species	Choeronycteris mexicana	Hyparrhenia hirta

Conservation Status

Mexican Long-tongued Bat

NT — Near Threatened

Thatching grass

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Mexican Long-tongued Bat	Thatching grass
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Mexican Long-tongued Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Thatching grass

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Guinea), Asia (Taiwan), Europe (Czech Republic, Portugal, Spain), North America (Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil).