Flower-faced Bat vs Starfruit

Anthops ornatus compared with Damasonium alisma

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Flower-faced Bat	Starfruit
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Alismatales (Alismatales)
Family	Hipposideridae	Alismataceae
Genus	Anthops	Damasonium
Species	Anthops ornatus	Damasonium alisma

Conservation Status

Flower-faced Bat

VU — Vulnerable

Starfruit

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Flower-faced Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Starfruit

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including deserts and xeric shrublands, flooded grasslands and savannas, and Mediterranean forests and woodlands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Egypt and Portugal. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.