Diminutive Serotine vs Sieva bean

Eptesicus diminutus compared with Phaseolus lunatus

Key Differences

• Diminutive Serotine is Data Deficient while Sieva bean is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Diminutive Serotine	Sieva bean
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	Phaseolus
Species	Eptesicus diminutus	Phaseolus lunatus

Conservation Status

Diminutive Serotine

DD — Data Deficient

Sieva bean

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Diminutive Serotine	Sieva bean
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.

Sieva bean

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and montane grasslands and shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (20 countries), Asia (Philippines, Taiwan), Europe (Spain), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (7 countries), and South America (5 countries).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇻🇪 Venezuela