Decken's Horseshoe Bat vs Pencil flower

Rhinolophus deckenii compared with Stylosanthes guianensis

Key Differences

• Decken's Horseshoe Bat is Near Threatened while Pencil flower is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Decken's Horseshoe Bat	Pencil flower
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	Stylosanthes
Species	Rhinolophus deckenii	Stylosanthes guianensis

Conservation Status

Decken's Horseshoe Bat

NT — Near Threatened

Pencil flower

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Decken's Horseshoe Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Pencil flower

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (8 countries), Asia (7 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).