Brown Tube-nosed Bat vs Fringed dodder

Murina suilla compared with Cuscuta suaveolens

Key Differences

• Brown Tube-nosed Bat is Least Concern while Fringed dodder is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brown Tube-nosed Bat	Fringed dodder
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Vespertilionidae	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Murina	Cuscuta
Species	Murina suilla	Cuscuta suaveolens

Conservation Status

Brown Tube-nosed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Fringed dodder

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brown Tube-nosed Bat	Fringed dodder
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Brown Tube-nosed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Fringed dodder

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Lesotho, South Africa, Zimbabwe), Europe (17 countries), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

Brown Tube-nosed Bat

The Brown Tube-nosed Bat (Murina suilla) is a species in the genus Murina. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.