Northern Ghost Bat vs umkokolo

Diclidurus albus compared with Dovyalis caffra

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Northern Ghost Bat	umkokolo
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Emballonuridae	Salicaceae
Genus	Diclidurus	Dovyalis
Species	Diclidurus albus	Dovyalis caffra

Conservation Status

Northern Ghost Bat

LC — Least Concern

umkokolo

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Northern Ghost Bat	umkokolo
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Northern Ghost Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Venezuela.

umkokolo

Habitat

Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (7 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil).