Cinnamon Dog-faced Bat vs Rootless Duckweed

Cynomops abrasus compared with Wolffia arrhiza

Key Differences

• Cinnamon Dog-faced Bat is Data Deficient while Rootless Duckweed is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cinnamon Dog-faced Bat	Rootless Duckweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Alismatales (Alismatales)
Family	Molossidae	Araceae
Genus	Cynomops	Wolffia
Species	Cynomops abrasus	Wolffia arrhiza

Conservation Status

Cinnamon Dog-faced Bat

DD — Data Deficient

Rootless Duckweed

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cinnamon Dog-faced Bat	Rootless Duckweed
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cinnamon Dog-faced Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Venezuela.

Rootless Duckweed

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, and temperate coniferous forests, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Oceanian and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (10 countries), North America (Canada), and South America (Brazil). Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Cinnamon Dog-faced Bat

The Cinnamon Dog-faced Bat (Cynomops abrasus) is a species in the genus Cynomops. It is currently classified as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.