Large False Serotine vs Wild Lettuce

Hesperoptenus tomesi compared with Lactuca indica

Key Differences

• Large False Serotine is Vulnerable while Wild Lettuce is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Large False Serotine	Wild Lettuce
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Vespertilionidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Hesperoptenus	Lactuca
Species	Hesperoptenus tomesi	Lactuca indica

Conservation Status

Large False Serotine

VU — Vulnerable

Wild Lettuce

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Large False Serotine	Wild Lettuce
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Large False Serotine

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Wild Lettuce

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Comoros, Madagascar, South Africa), Asia (Laos, Taiwan), and South America (Brazil).