Annual Cosmos vs Fenton's Mastiff Bat

Cosmos bipinnatus compared with Molossus fentoni

Key Differences

• Annual Cosmos is Not Evaluated while Fenton's Mastiff Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Annual Cosmos	Fenton's Mastiff Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Molossidae
Genus	Cosmos	Molossus
Species	Cosmos bipinnatus	Molossus fentoni

Conservation Status

Annual Cosmos

NE — Not Evaluated

Fenton's Mastiff Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Annual Cosmos	Fenton's Mastiff Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Annual Cosmos

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate coniferous forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (8 countries), Asia (11 countries), Europe (25 countries), North America (Canada, Costa Rica, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Fenton's Mastiff Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Ecuador.

Annual Cosmos

The Annual Cosmos (Cosmos bipinnatus) is a species in the genus Cosmos. Found across multiple habitat types including temperate coniferous forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland en.