Dwarf Dog-faced Bat vs Goat's-beard

Molossops temminckii compared with Tragopogon pratensis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dwarf Dog-faced Bat	Goat's-beard
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Molossidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Molossops	Tragopogon
Species	Molossops temminckii	Tragopogon pratensis

Conservation Status

Dwarf Dog-faced Bat

LC — Least Concern

Goat's-beard

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dwarf Dog-faced Bat	Goat's-beard
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.

Goat's-beard

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (6 countries), and North America (Canada, United States).