Decken's Horseshoe Bat vs Silver wattle

Rhinolophus deckenii compared with Acacia dealbata

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Decken's Horseshoe Bat	Silver wattle
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 dealbata

Conservation Status

Decken's Horseshoe Bat

NT — Near Threatened

Silver wattle

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Decken's Horseshoe Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Silver wattle

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (11 countries), Asia (6 countries), Europe (11 countries), North America (Costa Rica, Guatemala, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand), and South America (5 countries).