Annual Sunflower vs Black-winged Little Yellow Bat

Helianthus annuus compared with Rhogeessa tumida

Key Differences

  • Annual Sunflower is Not Evaluated while Black-winged Little Yellow Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Annual Sunflower Black-winged Little Yellow 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) Vespertilionidae
Genus Helianthus (Sunflowers) Rhogeessa
Species Helianthus annuus Rhogeessa tumida

Conservation Status

Annual Sunflower

NE — Not Evaluated

Trend: Stable →

Black-winged Little Yellow Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Annual Sunflower Black-winged Little Yellow Bat
Diet Autotroph
Average Lifespan 1 years
Average Length 3.0 m
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Annual Sunflower

Habitat

Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands and Mediterranean forests and woodlands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (12 countries), Asia (7 countries), Europe (30 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Marshall Islands), and South America (4 countries).

Black-winged Little Yellow Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Colombia.

Annual Sunflower

One of the world's most cultivated flowering plants and an economically critical oilseed crop, sunflowers are native to North America and can reach 3 meters in height with flower heads up to 30 cm across. Their distinctive behavior of tracking the sun — solar heliotropism in young plants — gave them their name. A single sunflower head consists of up to 2,000 tiny individual florets. Global production exceeds 50 million tonnes annually, valued for oil, seeds, and birdfeed.

Black-winged Little Yellow Bat

The Black-winged Little Yellow Bat (Rhogeessa tumida) is a species in the genus Rhogeessa. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Found in Colombia.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

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