Lesser Dog-like Bat vs Marsh fleabane

Peropteryx macrotis compared with Pluchea carolinensis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Lesser Dog-like Bat	Marsh fleabane
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Emballonuridae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Peropteryx	Pluchea
Species	Peropteryx macrotis	Pluchea carolinensis

Conservation Status

Lesser Dog-like Bat

LC — Least Concern

Marsh fleabane

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Lesser Dog-like Bat	Marsh fleabane
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Lesser Dog-like Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Marsh fleabane

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (Spain), North America (5 countries), and Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries).