Dwarf Dog-faced Bat vs Glossy shower

Molossops temminckii compared with Senna surattensis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dwarf Dog-faced Bat	Glossy shower
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Molossidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Molossops	Senna
Species	Molossops temminckii	Senna surattensis

Conservation Status

Dwarf Dog-faced Bat

LC — Least Concern

Glossy shower

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dwarf Dog-faced Bat	Glossy shower
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.

Glossy shower

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests spanning the Afrotropic and Indomalayan and Neotropic realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (6 countries), Asia (Maldives, Singapore, Taiwan), North America (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (4 countries), and South America (Colombia).