Large False Serotine vs Septicweed

Hesperoptenus tomesi compared with Senna occidentalis

Key Differences

• Large False Serotine is Vulnerable while Septicweed is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Large False Serotine	Septicweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Vespertilionidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Hesperoptenus	Senna
Species	Hesperoptenus tomesi	Senna occidentalis

Conservation Status

Large False Serotine

VU — Vulnerable

Septicweed

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Large False Serotine	Septicweed
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Large False Serotine

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Septicweed

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and deserts and xeric shrublands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (40 countries), Asia (19 countries), Europe (8 countries), North America (7 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (13 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Guyana).