Dwarf Dog-faced Bat vs Pencil flower

Molossops temminckii compared with Stylosanthes guianensis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dwarf Dog-faced Bat	Pencil flower
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	Stylosanthes
Species	Molossops temminckii	Stylosanthes guianensis

Conservation Status

Dwarf Dog-faced Bat

LC — Least Concern

Pencil flower

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dwarf Dog-faced Bat	Pencil flower
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.

Pencil flower

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (8 countries), Asia (7 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).