Elephant Apple vs Little Black Serotine

Dillenia indica compared with Eptesicus andinus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elephant Apple	Little Black Serotine
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Dilleniales (Dilleniales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Dilleniaceae	Vespertilionidae
Genus	Dillenia	Eptesicus
Species	Dillenia indica	Eptesicus andinus

Conservation Status

Elephant Apple

LC — Least Concern

Little Black Serotine

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elephant Apple	Little Black Serotine
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elephant Apple

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Congo (DRC), Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, and Taiwan.

Little Black Serotine

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia