Hard Maple vs Harmless Serotine

Acer saccharum compared with Eptesicus innoxius

Key Differences

• Hard Maple is Least Concern while Harmless Serotine is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hard Maple	Harmless Serotine
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Sapindaceae	Vespertilionidae
Genus	Acer	Eptesicus
Species	Acer saccharum	Eptesicus innoxius

Conservation Status

Hard Maple

LC — Least Concern

Harmless Serotine

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hard Maple	Harmless Serotine
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Hard Maple

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Armenia, Turkey), Europe (5 countries), and North America (Canada, United States).

Harmless Serotine

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Ecuador. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.