Big-footed Myotis vs Prickly Heath

Myotis macrodactylus compared with Gaultheria mucronata

Key Differences

• Big-footed Myotis is Least Concern while Prickly Heath is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-footed Myotis	Prickly Heath
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Vespertilionidae	Ericaceae
Genus	Myotis	Gaultheria
Species	Myotis macrodactylus	Gaultheria mucronata

Conservation Status

Big-footed Myotis

LC — Least Concern

Prickly Heath

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big-footed Myotis	Prickly Heath
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-footed Myotis

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Prickly Heath

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Ireland, Norway, Sweden, and United Kingdom.

Big-footed Myotis

The Big-footed Myotis (Myotis macrodactylus) is a species in the genus Myotis. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.