Dwarf eelgrass vs Lesueur's Hairy Bat

Zostera japonica compared with Cistugo lesueuri

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dwarf eelgrass	Lesueur's Hairy Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Alismatales (Alismatales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Zosteraceae	Cistugidae
Genus	Zostera	Cistugo
Species	Zostera japonica	Cistugo lesueuri

Conservation Status

Dwarf eelgrass

LC — Least Concern

Lesueur's Hairy Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dwarf eelgrass	Lesueur's Hairy Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Dwarf eelgrass

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada, Laos, Norway, Taiwan, and United States.

Lesueur's Hairy Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.