Desert Long-eared Bat vs fat duckweed

Otonycteris hemprichii compared with Lemna gibba

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Desert Long-eared Bat	fat duckweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Alismatales (Alismatales)
Family	Vespertilionidae	Araceae
Genus	Otonycteris	Lemna
Species	Otonycteris hemprichii	Lemna gibba

Conservation Status

Desert Long-eared Bat

LC — Least Concern

fat duckweed

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Desert Long-eared Bat	fat duckweed
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Desert Long-eared Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

fat duckweed

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands and flooded grasslands and savannas within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Egypt), Asia (Japan), Europe (6 countries), North America (Canada), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).