Dusky Tube-nosed Bat vs hooked-pepperwort

Murina fusca compared with Marsilea vestita

Key Differences

• Dusky Tube-nosed Bat is Data Deficient while hooked-pepperwort is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dusky Tube-nosed Bat	hooked-pepperwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Vespertilionidae	Marsileaceae
Genus	Murina	Marsilea
Species	Murina fusca	Marsilea vestita

Conservation Status

Dusky Tube-nosed Bat

DD — Data Deficient

hooked-pepperwort

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dusky Tube-nosed Bat	hooked-pepperwort
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Dusky Tube-nosed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

hooked-pepperwort

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Canada and Cuba. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.