Dwarf Dog-faced Bat vs Key lime

Molossops temminckii compared with Citrus aurantiifolia

Key Differences

• Dwarf Dog-faced Bat is Least Concern while Key lime is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dwarf Dog-faced Bat	Key lime
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Molossidae	Rutaceae
Genus	Molossops	Citrus
Species	Molossops temminckii	Citrus aurantiifolia

Conservation Status

Dwarf Dog-faced Bat

LC — Least Concern

Key lime

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dwarf Dog-faced Bat	Key lime
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.

Key lime

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (9 countries), Asia (4 countries), Europe (United Kingdom), North America (Costa Rica, Cuba, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Peru).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia