Alligatorweed vs Miller’s Mastiff Bat

Alternanthera philoxeroides compared with Molossus pretiosus

Key Differences

• Alligatorweed is Not Evaluated while Miller’s Mastiff Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Alligatorweed	Miller’s Mastiff Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Amaranthaceae	Molossidae
Genus	Alternanthera	Molossus
Species	Alternanthera philoxeroides	Molossus pretiosus

Conservation Status

Alligatorweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Miller’s Mastiff Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Alligatorweed	Miller’s Mastiff Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

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).

Miller’s Mastiff Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Venezuela.

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia