Dwarf Free-tailed Bat vs 'Ihi

Mops nanulus compared with Oxalis corniculata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Dwarf Free-tailed Bat 'Ihi
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order Chiroptera (Bats) Oxalidales (Oxalidales)
Family Molossidae Oxalidaceae
Genus Mops Oxalis
Species Mops nanulus Oxalis corniculata

Conservation Status

Dwarf Free-tailed Bat

LC — Least Concern

'Ihi

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Dwarf Free-tailed Bat 'Ihi
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Dwarf Free-tailed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

'Ihi

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and deserts and xeric shrublands, among 7 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (18 countries), Asia (17 countries), Europe (30 countries), North America (7 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (11 countries), and South America (7 countries).

Dwarf Free-tailed Bat

No description available.

'Ihi

No description available.

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