Flower-faced Bat vs

Anthops ornatus compared with Sphingobium scionense

Key Differences

• Flower-faced Bat is Vulnerable while is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Flower-faced Bat
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Bacteria (Bacteria)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Proteobacteria (Proteobacteria)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Alphaproteobacteria (Alphaproteobacteria)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Sphingomonadales (Sphingomonadales)
Family	Hipposideridae	Sphingomonadaceae
Genus	Anthops	Sphingobium
Species	Anthops ornatus	Sphingobium scionense

Conservation Status

Flower-faced Bat

VU — Vulnerable

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Flower-faced Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Habitat

Native to Asia, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found in Taiwan.

Sphingobium scionense is a Gram-negative, aerobic rod first isolated in the Scion research environment in New Zealand. It inhabits forest soils and plant-associated substrates of Oceania. This chemoheterotroph degrades complex aromatic and aliphatic organic compounds in temperate forest soil environments.