False Serotine Bat vs Fire ant

Hesperoptenus doriae compared with Solenopsis geminata

Key Differences

• False Serotine Bat is Data Deficient while Fire ant is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False Serotine Bat	Fire ant
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)
Family	Vespertilionidae	Formicidae
Genus	Hesperoptenus	Solenopsis
Species	Hesperoptenus doriae	Solenopsis geminata

Evolutionary Relationship

False Serotine Bat and Fire ant share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

False Serotine Bat

DD — Data Deficient

Fire ant

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	False Serotine Bat	Fire ant
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

False Serotine Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Fire ant

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Liberia, Mauritius), Asia (10 countries), Europe (Denmark, Spain, Sweden), North America (9 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (11 countries), and South America (4 countries).