Mindanao Pygmy Fruit Bat vs Prickly Heath

Alionycteris paucidentata compared with Gaultheria mucronata

Key Differences

• Mindanao Pygmy Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Prickly Heath is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Mindanao Pygmy Fruit Bat	Prickly Heath
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Ericaceae
Genus	Alionycteris	Gaultheria
Species	Alionycteris paucidentata	Gaultheria mucronata

Conservation Status

Mindanao Pygmy Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Prickly Heath

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Mindanao Pygmy Fruit Bat	Prickly Heath
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Mindanao Pygmy Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Prickly Heath

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Ireland, Norway, Sweden, and United Kingdom.