Diminutive Serotine vs Prickly Coontail

Eptesicus diminutus compared with Ceratophyllum echinatum

Key Differences

• Diminutive Serotine is Data Deficient while Prickly Coontail is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Diminutive Serotine	Prickly Coontail
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Ceratophyllales (Ceratophyllales)
Family	Vespertilionidae	Ceratophyllaceae
Genus	Eptesicus	Ceratophyllum
Species	Eptesicus diminutus	Ceratophyllum echinatum

Conservation Status

Diminutive Serotine

DD — Data Deficient

Prickly Coontail

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Diminutive Serotine	Prickly Coontail
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.

Prickly Coontail

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.