Cinnamon Dog-faced Bat vs slender thistle

Cynomops abrasus compared with Carduus tenuiflorus

Key Differences

• Cinnamon Dog-faced Bat is Data Deficient while slender thistle is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cinnamon Dog-faced Bat	slender thistle
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Molossidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Cynomops	Carduus
Species	Cynomops abrasus	Carduus tenuiflorus

Conservation Status

Cinnamon Dog-faced Bat

DD — Data Deficient

slender thistle

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cinnamon Dog-faced Bat	slender thistle
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.

slender thistle

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Japan), Europe (7 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile). Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

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.