Ear tree vs Maclaud's Horseshoe Bat

Enterolobium cyclocarpum compared with Rhinolophus maclaudi

Key Differences

Ear tree is Least Concern while Maclaud's Horseshoe Bat is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ear tree	Maclaud's Horseshoe Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Fabaceae	Rhinolophidae
Genus	Enterolobium	Rhinolophus
Species	Enterolobium cyclocarpum	Rhinolophus maclaudi

Conservation Status

Ear tree

LC — Least Concern

Maclaud's Horseshoe Bat

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ear tree	Maclaud's Horseshoe Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ear tree

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and deserts and xeric shrublands spanning the Australasia and Neotropic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Guinea), Asia (India, Taiwan), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Papua New Guinea), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).