Addax vs Greater Yellow-shouldered Bat

Addax nasomaculatus compared with Sturnira magna

Key Differences

• Addax is Critically Endangered while Greater Yellow-shouldered Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Addax	Greater Yellow-shouldered Bat
Kingdom same	Animalia (प्राणी)	Animalia (प्राणी)
Phylum same	Chordata (रज्जुकी)	Chordata (रज्जुकी)
Class same	Mammalia (स्तनधारी)	Mammalia (स्तनधारी)
Order	Artiodactyla (सम-ऊँगली खुरदार)	Chiroptera (चमगादड़)
Family	Bovidae (Bovids)	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Addax	Sturnira
Species	Addax nasomaculatus	Sturnira magna

Evolutionary Relationship

Addax and Greater Yellow-shouldered Bat share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (स्तनधारी)

Conservation Status

Addax

CR — Critically Endangered

Greater Yellow-shouldered Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Addax	Greater Yellow-shouldered Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Addax

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and Mediterranean forests and woodlands, among 5 distinct biome types within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in South Africa. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Greater Yellow-shouldered Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador.

Addax

The Addax (Addax nasomaculatus) is a species in the genus Addax. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and Mediterranean forests and woodlands, among 5 distinct biome types within the Afrotropic biogeographic rea.