Black-and-red Free-tailed Bat vs Northern Chinese Flying Squirrel

Chaerephon jobimena compared with Aeretes melanopterus

Key Differences

• Black-and-red Free-tailed Bat is Least Concern while Northern Chinese Flying Squirrel is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-and-red Free-tailed Bat	Northern Chinese Flying Squirrel
Kingdom same	Animalia (動物)	Animalia (動物)
Phylum same	Chordata (脊索動物)	Chordata (脊索動物)
Class same	Mammalia (哺乳類)	Mammalia (哺乳類)
Order	Chiroptera (翼手目)	Rodentia (ネズミ目)
Family	Molossidae	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Chaerephon	Aeretes
Species	Chaerephon jobimena	Aeretes melanopterus

Evolutionary Relationship

Black-and-red Free-tailed Bat and Northern Chinese Flying Squirrel share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (哺乳類)

Conservation Status

Black-and-red Free-tailed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Northern Chinese Flying Squirrel

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-and-red Free-tailed Bat	Northern Chinese Flying Squirrel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-and-red Free-tailed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Northern Chinese Flying Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Black-and-red Free-tailed Bat

The Black-and-red Free-tailed Bat (Chaerephon jobimena) is a species in the genus Chaerephon. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.