Leafless Ballart vs Little Black Serotine

Exocarpos aphyllus compared with Eptesicus andinus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Leafless Ballart	Little Black Serotine
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Santalales (Santalales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Santalaceae	Vespertilionidae
Genus	Exocarpos	Eptesicus
Species	Exocarpos aphyllus	Eptesicus andinus

Conservation Status

Leafless Ballart

LC — Least Concern

Little Black Serotine

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Leafless Ballart	Little Black Serotine
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Leafless Ballart

Habitat

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

Little Black Serotine

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.