Decken's Horseshoe Bat vs Firewheel

Rhinolophus deckenii compared with Gaillardia pulchella

Key Differences

• Decken's Horseshoe Bat is Near Threatened while Firewheel is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Decken's Horseshoe Bat	Firewheel
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Rhinolophidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Rhinolophus	Gaillardia
Species	Rhinolophus deckenii	Gaillardia pulchella

Conservation Status

Decken's Horseshoe Bat

NT — Near Threatened

Firewheel

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Decken's Horseshoe Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Firewheel

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Seychelles, South Africa), Asia (4 countries), Europe (15 countries), North America (Canada, Dominican Republic, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Kiribati, Palau), and South America (Colombia).