Decken's Horseshoe Bat vs High mallow

Rhinolophus deckenii compared with Malva sylvestris

Key Differences

• Decken's Horseshoe Bat is Near Threatened while High mallow is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Decken's Horseshoe Bat	High mallow
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Malvales (Malvales)
Family	Rhinolophidae	Malvaceae
Genus	Rhinolophus	Malva
Species	Rhinolophus deckenii	Malva sylvestris

Conservation Status

Decken's Horseshoe Bat

NT — Near Threatened

High mallow

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Decken's Horseshoe Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

High mallow

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Angola, Zimbabwe), Asia (6 countries), Europe (24 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (5 countries).