False Serotine Bat vs small scabious

Hesperoptenus doriae compared with Scabiosa columbaria

Key Differences

• False Serotine Bat is Data Deficient while small scabious is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False Serotine Bat	small scabious
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Dipsacales (Dipsacales)
Family	Vespertilionidae	Caprifoliaceae
Genus	Hesperoptenus	Scabiosa
Species	Hesperoptenus doriae	Scabiosa columbaria

Conservation Status

False Serotine Bat

DD — Data Deficient

small scabious

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	False Serotine Bat	small scabious
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

False Serotine Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

small scabious

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, and temperate coniferous forests spanning the Indomalayan and Oceanian and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (6 countries), and North America (United States). Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.