Easter cassia vs Harmless Serotine

Senna pendula compared with Eptesicus innoxius

Key Differences

• Easter cassia is Least Concern while Harmless Serotine is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Easter cassia	Harmless Serotine
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Fabaceae	Vespertilionidae
Genus	Senna	Eptesicus
Species	Senna pendula	Eptesicus innoxius

Conservation Status

Easter cassia

LC — Least Concern

Harmless Serotine

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Easter cassia	Harmless Serotine
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Easter cassia

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests spanning the Australasia and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Seychelles, South Africa), Asia (Indonesia), Europe (Portugal), North America (Cuba), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Harmless Serotine

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Ecuador. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.