Bleeding-Heart vs Lesser Noctule

Dicentra formosa compared with Nyctalus leisleri

Key Differences

• Bleeding-Heart is Not Evaluated while Lesser Noctule is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bleeding-Heart	Lesser Noctule
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Ranunculales (Ranunculales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Papaveraceae	Vespertilionidae
Genus	Dicentra	Nyctalus
Species	Dicentra formosa	Nyctalus leisleri

Conservation Status

Bleeding-Heart

NE — Not Evaluated

Lesser Noctule

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bleeding-Heart	Lesser Noctule
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bleeding-Heart

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (10 countries) and North America (United States).

Lesser Noctule

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg, Sweden, and Ukraine. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Bleeding-Heart

The Bleeding-Heart (Dicentra formosa) is a species in the genus Dicentra. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 3 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇸🇪 Sweden