Greenleaf ticktrefoil vs North American Hoary Bat

Desmodium intortum compared with Aeorestes cinereus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Greenleaf ticktrefoil	North American Hoary 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	Vespertilionidae
Genus	Desmodium	Aeorestes
Species	Desmodium intortum	Aeorestes cinereus

Conservation Status

Greenleaf ticktrefoil

LC — Least Concern

North American Hoary Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Greenleaf ticktrefoil	North American Hoary Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Greenleaf ticktrefoil

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas spanning the Australasia and Afrotropic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Asia (Japan, Taiwan), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Papua New Guinea), and South America (Colombia).

North American Hoary Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across United States and Venezuela.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇺🇸 United States