Painted Woolly Bat vs rough corn bedstraw, corn cleavers

Kerivoula picta compared with Galium tricornutum

Key Differences

• Painted Woolly Bat is Near Threatened while rough corn bedstraw, corn cleavers is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Painted Woolly Bat	rough corn bedstraw, corn cleavers
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Vespertilionidae	Rubiaceae
Genus	Kerivoula	Galium
Species	Kerivoula picta	Galium tricornutum

Conservation Status

Painted Woolly Bat

NT — Near Threatened

rough corn bedstraw, corn cleavers

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Painted Woolly Bat	rough corn bedstraw, corn cleavers
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Painted Woolly Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

rough corn bedstraw, corn cleavers

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, among 12 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan, Qatar), Europe (18 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Chile). Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.