Flower-faced Bat vs Pencil flower

Anthops ornatus compared with Stylosanthes guianensis

Key Differences

• Flower-faced Bat is Vulnerable while Pencil flower is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Flower-faced Bat	Pencil flower
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Hipposideridae	Fabaceae
Genus	Anthops	Stylosanthes
Species	Anthops ornatus	Stylosanthes guianensis

Conservation Status

Flower-faced Bat

VU — Vulnerable

Pencil flower

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Flower-faced Bat	Pencil flower
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Flower-faced Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Pencil flower

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (8 countries), Asia (7 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).