vs Little Free-tailed Bat

Ensifer shofinae compared with Chaerephon pumilus

Key Differences

• is Not Evaluated while Little Free-tailed Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Little Free-tailed Bat
Kingdom	Bacteria (Bacteria)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Proteobacteria (Proteobacteria)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Alphaproteobacteria (Alphaproteobacteria)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Rhizobiales (Rhizobiales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Rhizobiaceae	Molossidae
Genus	Ensifer	Chaerephon
Species	Ensifer shofinae	Chaerephon pumilus

Conservation Status

NE — Not Evaluated

Little Free-tailed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		Little Free-tailed Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

Native to Asia, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found in Taiwan.

Little Free-tailed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Ensifer shofinae is a nitrogen-fixing alphaproteobacterium in the family Rhizobiaceae, capable of forming symbiotic nodules on leguminous plant roots. Like other Ensifer species, it fixes atmospheric nitrogen in exchange for carbon compounds from its host plant, making it ecologically important in low-nitrogen soils. It was isolated from root nodules and characterized based on molecular and phenotypic traits.