Decken's Horseshoe Bat vs Prickly moses

Rhinolophus deckenii compared with Acacia verticillata

Key Differences

• Decken's Horseshoe Bat is Near Threatened while Prickly moses is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Decken's Horseshoe Bat	Prickly moses
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	Acacia
Species	Rhinolophus deckenii	Acacia verticillata

Conservation Status

Decken's Horseshoe Bat

NT — Near Threatened

Prickly moses

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Decken's Horseshoe Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Prickly moses

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (India), Europe (Portugal, Spain), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand), and South America (Colombia).