False Serotine Bat vs Gray ironbark

Hesperoptenus doriae compared with Eucalyptus paniculata

Key Differences

• False Serotine Bat is Data Deficient while Gray ironbark is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False Serotine Bat	Gray ironbark
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Vespertilionidae	Myrtaceae
Genus	Hesperoptenus	Eucalyptus
Species	Hesperoptenus doriae	Eucalyptus paniculata

Conservation Status

False Serotine Bat

DD — Data Deficient

Gray ironbark

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	False Serotine Bat	Gray ironbark
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

False Serotine Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Gray ironbark

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands, among 8 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Asia (India, Thailand, Vietnam), North America (Haiti, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Papua New Guinea), and South America (4 countries). Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.