Greater New Zealand Short-tailed Bat vs Trailing indigo

Mystacina robusta compared with Indigofera hendecaphylla

Key Differences

• Greater New Zealand Short-tailed Bat is Critically Endangered while Trailing indigo is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Greater New Zealand Short-tailed Bat	Trailing indigo
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Mystacinidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Mystacina	Indigofera
Species	Mystacina robusta	Indigofera hendecaphylla

Conservation Status

Greater New Zealand Short-tailed Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Trailing indigo

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Greater New Zealand Short-tailed Bat	Trailing indigo
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Greater New Zealand Short-tailed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Trailing indigo

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Comoros, Madagascar, Taiwan, and United States.