Fish-bone Cassia vs Heller's Broad-nosed Bat

Chamaecrista mimosoides compared with Platyrrhinus helleri

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Fish-bone Cassia Heller's Broad-nosed Bat
Kingdom Plantae (Plants) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants) Chordata (Chordates)
Class Magnoliopsida (Dicots) Mammalia (Mammals)
Order Fabales (Legumes & Allies) Chiroptera (Bats)
Family Fabaceae Phyllostomidae
Genus Chamaecrista Platyrrhinus
Species Chamaecrista mimosoides Platyrrhinus helleri

Conservation Status

Fish-bone Cassia

LC — Least Concern

Heller's Broad-nosed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Fish-bone Cassia Heller's Broad-nosed Bat
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fish-bone Cassia

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and montane grasslands and shrublands spanning the Australasia and Indomalayan and Oceanian realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Comoros, Guinea, Madagascar), Asia (4 countries), and Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries).

Heller's Broad-nosed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Fish-bone Cassia

No description available.

Heller's Broad-nosed Bat

No description available.

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