Painted Woolly Bat vs Prickly Heath

Kerivoula picta compared with Gaultheria mucronata

Key Differences

• Painted Woolly Bat is Near Threatened while Prickly Heath is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Painted Woolly 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	Vespertilionidae	Ericaceae
Genus	Kerivoula	Gaultheria
Species	Kerivoula picta	Gaultheria mucronata

Conservation Status

Painted Woolly Bat

NT — Near Threatened

Prickly Heath

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Painted Woolly Bat	Prickly Heath
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Painted Woolly 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.