Flower-faced Bat vs Wild Lettuce

Anthops ornatus compared with Lactuca indica

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Flower-faced Bat	Wild Lettuce
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Hipposideridae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Anthops	Lactuca
Species	Anthops ornatus	Lactuca indica

Conservation Status

Flower-faced Bat

VU — Vulnerable

Wild Lettuce

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Flower-faced Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Wild Lettuce

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Comoros, Madagascar, South Africa), Asia (Laos, Taiwan), and South America (Brazil).