False Serotine Bat vs Linear Leaf Water Primrose

Hesperoptenus doriae compared with Ludwigia hyssopifolia

Key Differences

• False Serotine Bat is Data Deficient while Linear Leaf Water Primrose is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False Serotine Bat	Linear Leaf Water Primrose
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Vespertilionidae	Onagraceae
Genus	Hesperoptenus	Ludwigia
Species	Hesperoptenus doriae	Ludwigia hyssopifolia

Conservation Status

False Serotine Bat

DD — Data Deficient

Linear Leaf Water Primrose

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	False Serotine Bat	Linear Leaf Water Primrose
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

False Serotine Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Linear Leaf Water Primrose

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and deserts and xeric shrublands spanning the Australasia and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Congo (DRC), Guinea, Seychelles), Asia (4 countries), North America (Guatemala, Honduras), Oceania and the Pacific (7 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).