Decken's Horseshoe Bat vs Mountain yam

Rhinolophus deckenii compared with Dioscorea hamiltonii

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Decken's Horseshoe Bat	Mountain yam
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Dioscoreales (Dioscoreales)
Family	Rhinolophidae	Dioscoreaceae
Genus	Rhinolophus	Dioscorea
Species	Rhinolophus deckenii	Dioscorea hamiltonii

Conservation Status

Decken's Horseshoe Bat

NT — Near Threatened

Mountain yam

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Decken's Horseshoe Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Mountain yam

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.