Lesser Bulldog Bat vs Tickclover

Noctilio albiventris compared with Desmodium incanum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Lesser Bulldog Bat	Tickclover
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Noctilionidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Noctilio	Desmodium
Species	Noctilio albiventris	Desmodium incanum

Conservation Status

Lesser Bulldog Bat

LC — Least Concern

Tickclover

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Lesser Bulldog Bat	Tickclover
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Lesser Bulldog Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Tickclover

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (10 countries), Asia (Japan), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (12 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).