Dwarf Dog-faced Bat vs Prickly moses

Molossops temminckii compared with Acacia verticillata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dwarf Dog-faced Bat	Prickly moses
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	Acacia
Species	Molossops temminckii	Acacia verticillata

Conservation Status

Dwarf Dog-faced Bat

LC — Least Concern

Prickly moses

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dwarf Dog-faced Bat	Prickly moses
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.

Prickly moses

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (India), Europe (Portugal, Spain), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand), and South America (Colombia).