Keenan's Hairy-nosed Bat vs marsh pennywort

Gardnerycteris keenani compared with Hydrocotyle vulgaris

Key Differences

• Keenan's Hairy-nosed Bat is Least Concern while marsh pennywort is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Keenan's Hairy-nosed Bat	marsh pennywort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Apiales (Apiales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Araliaceae
Genus	Gardnerycteris	Hydrocotyle
Species	Gardnerycteris keenani	Hydrocotyle vulgaris

Conservation Status

Keenan's Hairy-nosed Bat

LC — Least Concern

marsh pennywort

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Keenan's Hairy-nosed Bat	marsh pennywort
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Keenan's Hairy-nosed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador.

marsh pennywort

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Asia (Georgia, Japan, Taiwan) and Europe (6 countries). Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.