Diminutive Serotine vs Long-legged bat tick

Eptesicus diminutus compared with Ixodes vespertilionis

Key Differences

• Diminutive Serotine is Data Deficient while Long-legged bat tick is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Diminutive Serotine	Long-legged bat tick
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Ixodida (Ixodida)
Family	Vespertilionidae	Ixodidae
Genus	Eptesicus	Ixodes
Species	Eptesicus diminutus	Ixodes vespertilionis

Evolutionary Relationship

Diminutive Serotine and Long-legged bat tick share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Diminutive Serotine

DD — Data Deficient

Long-legged bat tick

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Diminutive Serotine	Long-legged bat tick
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.

Long-legged bat tick

Habitat

Typically found in terrestrial habitats from forests to deserts.

Range

Distributed across Sweden and Taiwan.