Decken's Horseshoe Bat vs Mesquite

Rhinolophus deckenii compared with Prosopis juliflora

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Decken's Horseshoe Bat	Mesquite
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Rhinolophidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Rhinolophus	Prosopis
Species	Rhinolophus deckenii	Prosopis juliflora

Conservation Status

Decken's Horseshoe Bat

NT — Near Threatened

Mesquite

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Decken's Horseshoe Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Mesquite

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (29 countries), Asia (23 countries), Europe (4 countries), North America (13 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia).