Nigerian Free-tailed Bat vs Tickclover

Chaerephon nigeriae compared with Desmodium incanum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Nigerian Free-tailed Bat Tickclover
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order Chiroptera (Bats) Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family Molossidae Fabaceae
Genus Chaerephon Desmodium
Species Chaerephon nigeriae Desmodium incanum

Conservation Status

Nigerian Free-tailed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Tickclover

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Nigerian Free-tailed Bat Tickclover
Diet — —
Average Lifespan — —
Average Length — —
Average Weight — —

Habitat & Geographic Range

Nigerian Free-tailed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Tickclover

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (10 countries), Asia (Japan), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (12 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Nigerian Free-tailed Bat

No description available.

Tickclover

No description available.

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