Gunpowder tree vs Little Black Serotine

Melochia umbellata compared with Eptesicus andinus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gunpowder tree	Little Black Serotine
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Malvales (Malvales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Malvaceae	Vespertilionidae
Genus	Melochia	Eptesicus
Species	Melochia umbellata	Eptesicus andinus

Conservation Status

Gunpowder tree

LC — Least Concern

Little Black Serotine

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gunpowder tree	Little Black Serotine
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gunpowder tree

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Australasia biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Micronesia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, and United States.

Little Black Serotine

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.