Diminutive Serotine vs Dwarf Water Clover

Eptesicus diminutus compared with Marsilea minuta

Key Differences

• Diminutive Serotine is Data Deficient while Dwarf Water Clover is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Diminutive Serotine	Dwarf Water Clover
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Vespertilionidae	Marsileaceae
Genus	Eptesicus	Marsilea
Species	Eptesicus diminutus	Marsilea minuta

Conservation Status

Diminutive Serotine

DD — Data Deficient

Dwarf Water Clover

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Diminutive Serotine	Dwarf Water Clover
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Diminutive Serotine

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Venezuela.

Dwarf Water Clover

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Palearctic realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Algeria, Comoros), Asia (Bhutan, Taiwan, Vietnam), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil).