Decken's Horseshoe Bat vs Septicweed

Rhinolophus deckenii compared with Senna occidentalis

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Decken's Horseshoe Bat	Septicweed
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	Senna
Species	Rhinolophus deckenii	Senna occidentalis

Conservation Status

Decken's Horseshoe Bat

NT — Near Threatened

Septicweed

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Decken's Horseshoe Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Septicweed

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and deserts and xeric shrublands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (40 countries), Asia (19 countries), Europe (8 countries), North America (7 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (13 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Guyana).