Decken's Horseshoe Bat vs Silkrubber

Rhinolophus deckenii compared with Funtumia elastica

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Decken's Horseshoe Bat	Silkrubber
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Rhinolophidae	Apocynaceae
Genus	Rhinolophus	Funtumia
Species	Rhinolophus deckenii	Funtumia elastica

Conservation Status

Decken's Horseshoe Bat

NT — Near Threatened

Silkrubber

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Decken's Horseshoe Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Silkrubber

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Cameroon, Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, and Seychelles.