Cantor's Leaf-nosed Bat vs Orange cestrum

Hipposideros galeritus compared with Cestrum aurantiacum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cantor's Leaf-nosed Bat	Orange cestrum
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Hipposideridae	Solanaceae
Genus	Hipposideros	Cestrum
Species	Hipposideros galeritus	Cestrum aurantiacum

Conservation Status

Cantor's Leaf-nosed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Orange cestrum

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cantor's Leaf-nosed Bat	Orange cestrum
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cantor's Leaf-nosed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Orange cestrum

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Asia (India, Indonesia), North America (Guatemala, Honduras, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand).

Cantor's Leaf-nosed Bat

The Cantor's Leaf-nosed Bat (Hipposideros galeritus) is a species in the genus Hipposideros. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.