Painted Woolly Bat vs Red melastome

Kerivoula picta compared with Melastoma sanguineum

Key Differences

• Painted Woolly Bat is Near Threatened while Red melastome is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Painted Woolly Bat	Red melastome
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Vespertilionidae	Melastomataceae
Genus	Kerivoula	Melastoma
Species	Kerivoula picta	Melastoma sanguineum

Conservation Status

Painted Woolly Bat

NT — Near Threatened

Red melastome

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Painted Woolly Bat	Red melastome
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Painted Woolly Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Red melastome

Habitat

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

Range

Found in United States.