Buddha's hand vs Japanese Noctule

Alocasia cucullata compared with Nyctalus furvus

Key Differences

• Buddha's hand is Not Evaluated while Japanese Noctule is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Buddha's hand	Japanese Noctule
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Alismatales (Alismatales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Araceae	Vespertilionidae
Genus	Alocasia	Nyctalus
Species	Alocasia cucullata	Nyctalus furvus

Conservation Status

Buddha's hand

NE — Not Evaluated

Japanese Noctule

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Buddha's hand	Japanese Noctule
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Buddha's hand

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador).

Japanese Noctule

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Buddha's hand

The Buddha'S Hand (Alocasia cucullata) is a species in the genus Alocasia. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.