Fragrant manjack vs Lesser Noctule

Cordia dichotoma compared with Nyctalus leisleri

Key Differences

• Fragrant manjack is Least Concern while Lesser Noctule is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fragrant manjack	Lesser Noctule
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Boraginales (Boraginales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Cordiaceae	Vespertilionidae
Genus	Cordia	Nyctalus
Species	Cordia dichotoma	Nyctalus leisleri

Conservation Status

Fragrant manjack

LC — Least Concern

Lesser Noctule

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fragrant manjack	Lesser Noctule
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fragrant manjack

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Burkina Faso, Mauritius), Asia (Iraq, Maldives, Taiwan), and North America (United States).

Lesser Noctule

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg, Sweden, and Ukraine. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.