Diminutive Serotine vs Pencil flower

Eptesicus diminutus compared with Stylosanthes guianensis

Key Differences

• Diminutive Serotine is Data Deficient while Pencil flower is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Diminutive Serotine	Pencil flower
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Vespertilionidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Eptesicus	Stylosanthes
Species	Eptesicus diminutus	Stylosanthes guianensis

Conservation Status

Diminutive Serotine

DD — Data Deficient

Pencil flower

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Diminutive Serotine	Pencil flower
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.

Pencil flower

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (8 countries), Asia (7 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).