Fenton's Mastiff Bat vs Garden cornflower

Molossus fentoni compared with Centaurea cyanus

Key Differences

• Fenton's Mastiff Bat is Least Concern while Garden cornflower is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fenton's Mastiff Bat	Garden cornflower
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Molossidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Molossus	Centaurea
Species	Molossus fentoni	Centaurea cyanus

Conservation Status

Fenton's Mastiff Bat

LC — Least Concern

Garden cornflower

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fenton's Mastiff Bat	Garden cornflower
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fenton's Mastiff Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Ecuador.

Garden cornflower

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, and temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, among 8 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Neotropic and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Nepal, Taiwan), Europe (22 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Argentina, Chile, Colombia). Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.