Awnless Barnyard Grass vs Decken's Horseshoe Bat

Echinochloa colonum compared with Rhinolophus deckenii

Key Differences

• Awnless Barnyard Grass is Least Concern while Decken's Horseshoe Bat is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Awnless Barnyard Grass	Decken's Horseshoe Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Poaceae (Grass Family)	Rhinolophidae
Genus	Echinochloa	Rhinolophus
Species	Echinochloa colonum	Rhinolophus deckenii

Conservation Status

Awnless Barnyard Grass

LC — Least Concern

Decken's Horseshoe Bat

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Awnless Barnyard Grass	Decken's Horseshoe Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Awnless Barnyard Grass

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 12 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (16 countries), Asia (18 countries), Europe (19 countries), North America (10 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (10 countries), and South America (9 countries).

Decken's Horseshoe Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Awnless Barnyard Grass

The Awnless Barnyard Grass (Echinochloa colonum) is a species in the genus Echinochloa. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 12 distinct biome types. Populations.