Candelnut vs Greenhall’s Dog-faced Bat

Aleurites rockinghamensis compared with Cynomops greenhalli

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Candelnut	Greenhall’s Dog-faced Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Euphorbiaceae	Molossidae
Genus	Aleurites	Cynomops
Species	Aleurites rockinghamensis	Cynomops greenhalli

Conservation Status

Candelnut

LC — Least Concern

Greenhall’s Dog-faced Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Candelnut	Greenhall’s Dog-faced Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Candelnut

Habitat

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

Range

Found in India.

Greenhall’s Dog-faced Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Venezuela.

Candelnut

The Candelnut (Aleurites rockinghamensis) is a species in the genus Aleurites. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.