Golden shower vs Lesser New Zealand Short-tailed Bat

Cassia fistula compared with Mystacina tuberculata

Key Differences

• Golden shower is Least Concern while Lesser New Zealand Short-tailed Bat is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Golden shower	Lesser New Zealand Short-tailed Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Fabaceae	Mystacinidae
Genus	Cassia	Mystacina
Species	Cassia fistula	Mystacina tuberculata

Conservation Status

Golden shower

LC — Least Concern

Lesser New Zealand Short-tailed Bat

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Golden shower	Lesser New Zealand Short-tailed Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Golden shower

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, among 6 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (6 countries), Asia (7 countries), North America (9 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Marshall Islands), and South America (5 countries).

Lesser New Zealand Short-tailed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.