Allen's Big-eared Bat vs Alligatorweed

Idionycteris phyllotis compared with Alternanthera philoxeroides

Key Differences

• Allen's Big-eared Bat is Least Concern while Alligatorweed is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Allen's Big-eared Bat	Alligatorweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Vespertilionidae	Amaranthaceae
Genus	Idionycteris	Alternanthera
Species	Idionycteris phyllotis	Alternanthera philoxeroides

Conservation Status

Allen's Big-eared Bat

LC — Least Concern

Alligatorweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Allen's Big-eared Bat	Alligatorweed
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Allen's Big-eared Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Alligatorweed

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Comoros, Madagascar), Asia (14 countries), Europe (9 countries), North America (Honduras, Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand), and South America (4 countries).

Allen's Big-eared Bat

The Allen's Big-eared Bat (Idionycteris phyllotis) is a species in the genus Idionycteris. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Alligatorweed

The Alligatorweed (Alternanthera philoxeroides) is a species in the genus Alternanthera. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.