Greater Dog-like Bat vs Orange wattle

Peropteryx kappleri compared with Acacia saligna

Key Differences

• Greater Dog-like Bat is Least Concern while Orange wattle is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Greater Dog-like Bat	Orange wattle
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Emballonuridae	Fabaceae
Genus	Peropteryx	Acacia
Species	Peropteryx kappleri	Acacia saligna

Conservation Status

Greater Dog-like Bat

LC — Least Concern

Orange wattle

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Greater Dog-like Bat	Orange wattle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Greater Dog-like Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Orange wattle

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (19 countries), Asia (9 countries), Europe (13 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand), and South America (Argentina, Chile, Peru).