Painted Woolly Bat vs Thatching grass

Kerivoula picta compared with Hyparrhenia hirta

Key Differences

• Painted Woolly Bat is Near Threatened while Thatching grass is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Painted Woolly Bat	Thatching grass
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Vespertilionidae	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Kerivoula	Hyparrhenia
Species	Kerivoula picta	Hyparrhenia hirta

Conservation Status

Painted Woolly Bat

NT — Near Threatened

Thatching grass

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Painted Woolly Bat	Thatching grass
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Painted Woolly Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Thatching grass

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Guinea), Asia (Taiwan), Europe (Czech Republic, Portugal, Spain), North America (Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil).