Dusky Leaf-nosed Bat vs false broom

Hipposideros ater compared with Brachypodium sylvaticum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dusky Leaf-nosed Bat	false broom
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Hipposideridae	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Hipposideros	Brachypodium
Species	Hipposideros ater	Brachypodium sylvaticum

Conservation Status

Dusky Leaf-nosed Bat

LC — Least Concern

false broom

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dusky Leaf-nosed Bat	false broom
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Dusky Leaf-nosed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

false broom

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Sri Lanka, Taiwan), Europe (6 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Argentina, Brazil).