Dwarf Dog-faced Bat vs fat duckweed

Molossops temminckii compared with Lemna gibba

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dwarf Dog-faced Bat	fat duckweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Alismatales (Alismatales)
Family	Molossidae	Araceae
Genus	Molossops	Lemna
Species	Molossops temminckii	Lemna gibba

Conservation Status

Dwarf Dog-faced Bat

LC — Least Concern

fat duckweed

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dwarf Dog-faced Bat	fat duckweed
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Dwarf Dog-faced Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

fat duckweed

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands and flooded grasslands and savannas within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Egypt), Asia (Japan), Europe (6 countries), North America (Canada), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia