Decken's Horseshoe Bat vs fetterbush

Rhinolophus deckenii compared with Lyonia lucida

Key Differences

• Decken's Horseshoe Bat is Near Threatened while fetterbush is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Decken's Horseshoe Bat	fetterbush
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Rhinolophidae	Ericaceae
Genus	Rhinolophus	Lyonia
Species	Rhinolophus deckenii	Lyonia lucida

Conservation Status

Decken's Horseshoe Bat

NT — Near Threatened

fetterbush

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Decken's Horseshoe Bat	fetterbush
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Decken's Horseshoe Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

fetterbush

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

Found in Cuba. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.