Bitter Dock vs Long-tailed Wattled Bat

Rumex obtusifolius compared with Chalinolobus tuberculatus

Key Differences

• Bitter Dock is Not Evaluated while Long-tailed Wattled Bat is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bitter Dock	Long-tailed Wattled Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Polygonaceae	Vespertilionidae
Genus	Rumex	Chalinolobus
Species	Rumex obtusifolius	Chalinolobus tuberculatus

Conservation Status

Bitter Dock

NE — Not Evaluated

Long-tailed Wattled Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bitter Dock	Long-tailed Wattled Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bitter Dock

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (6 countries), Europe (9 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (7 countries).

Long-tailed Wattled Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Bitter Dock

The Bitter Dock (Rumex obtusifolius) is a species in the genus Rumex. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.