Forest Ironplum vs Little Black Serotine

Drypetes gerrardii compared with Eptesicus andinus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Forest Ironplum	Little Black Serotine
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Putranjivaceae	Vespertilionidae
Genus	Drypetes	Eptesicus
Species	Drypetes gerrardii	Eptesicus andinus

Conservation Status

Forest Ironplum

LC — Least Concern

Little Black Serotine

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Forest Ironplum	Little Black Serotine
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Forest Ironplum

Habitat

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

Little Black Serotine

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.