Dwarf Dog-faced Bat vs Tangerine

Molossops temminckii compared with Citrus reticulata

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dwarf Dog-faced Bat	Tangerine
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 reticulata

Conservation Status

Dwarf Dog-faced Bat

LC — Least Concern

Tangerine

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dwarf Dog-faced Bat	Tangerine
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.

Tangerine

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (6 countries), Asia (Laos), Europe (5 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Peru).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia