Dwarf Free-tailed Bat vs Water spangles

Mops nanulus compared with Salvinia minima

Key Differences

• Dwarf Free-tailed Bat is Least Concern while Water spangles is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dwarf Free-tailed Bat	Water spangles
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Molossidae	Salviniaceae
Genus	Mops	Salvinia
Species	Mops nanulus	Salvinia minima

Conservation Status

Dwarf Free-tailed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Water spangles

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dwarf Free-tailed Bat	Water spangles
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Dwarf Free-tailed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Water spangles

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Sri Lanka), North America (Cuba, Dominican Republic, United States), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).