Eastern Small-Footed Bat vs wall scalewort

Myotis leibii compared with Porella platyphylla

Key Differences

• Eastern Small-Footed Bat is Endangered while wall scalewort is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Eastern Small-Footed Bat	wall scalewort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Marchantiophyta (liverwort)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Jungermanniopsida (Jungermanniopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Porellales (Porellales)
Family	Vespertilionidae	Porellaceae
Genus	Myotis	Porella
Species	Myotis leibii	Porella platyphylla

Conservation Status

Eastern Small-Footed Bat

EN — Endangered

wall scalewort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Eastern Small-Footed Bat	wall scalewort
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Eastern Small-Footed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in United States. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

wall scalewort

Habitat

Native to Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found across Europe (5 countries) and North America (United States).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇺🇸 United States