Decken's Horseshoe Bat vs utile

Rhinolophus deckenii compared with Entandrophragma utile

Key Differences

• Decken's Horseshoe Bat is Near Threatened while utile is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Decken's Horseshoe Bat	utile
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Rhinolophidae	Meliaceae
Genus	Rhinolophus	Entandrophragma
Species	Rhinolophus deckenii	Entandrophragma utile

Conservation Status

Decken's Horseshoe Bat

NT — Near Threatened

utile

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Decken's Horseshoe Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

utile

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in Guinea. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.