Cuban Lesser Funnel-eared Bat vs hooked-pepperwort

Chilonatalus micropus compared with Marsilea vestita

Key Differences

• Cuban Lesser Funnel-eared Bat is Least Concern while hooked-pepperwort is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cuban Lesser Funnel-eared Bat	hooked-pepperwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Natalidae	Marsileaceae
Genus	Chilonatalus	Marsilea
Species	Chilonatalus micropus	Marsilea vestita

Conservation Status

Cuban Lesser Funnel-eared Bat

LC — Least Concern

hooked-pepperwort

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cuban Lesser Funnel-eared Bat	hooked-pepperwort
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cuban Lesser Funnel-eared Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Colombia.

hooked-pepperwort

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Canada and Cuba. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.