Bending Bittercress vs Decken's Horseshoe Bat

Cardamine flexuosa compared with Rhinolophus deckenii

Key Differences

• Bending Bittercress is Not Evaluated while Decken's Horseshoe Bat is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bending Bittercress	Decken's Horseshoe Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Brassicales (Brassicales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Brassicaceae	Rhinolophidae
Genus	Cardamine	Rhinolophus
Species	Cardamine flexuosa	Rhinolophus deckenii

Conservation Status

Bending Bittercress

NE — Not Evaluated

Decken's Horseshoe Bat

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bending Bittercress	Decken's Horseshoe Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bending Bittercress

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa, Zimbabwe), Asia (8 countries), Europe (7 countries), North America (7 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Colombia, Venezuela).

Decken's Horseshoe Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Bending Bittercress

The Bending Bittercress (Cardamine flexuosa) is a species in the genus Cardamine. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.