Large False Serotine vs Whitley’s cuttlefish

Hesperoptenus tomesi compared with Sepia whitleyana

Key Differences

• Large False Serotine is Vulnerable while Whitley’s cuttlefish is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Large False Serotine	Whitley’s cuttlefish
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Cephalopoda (Cephalopods)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Sepiida (Sepiida)
Family	Vespertilionidae	Sepiidae
Genus	Hesperoptenus	Sepia
Species	Hesperoptenus tomesi	Sepia whitleyana

Evolutionary Relationship

Large False Serotine and Whitley’s cuttlefish share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Large False Serotine

VU — Vulnerable

Whitley’s cuttlefish

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Large False Serotine	Whitley’s cuttlefish
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Large False Serotine

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Whitley’s cuttlefish