Lesser Dog-like Bat vs Orange cestrum

Peropteryx macrotis compared with Cestrum aurantiacum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Lesser Dog-like Bat	Orange cestrum
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Emballonuridae	Solanaceae
Genus	Peropteryx	Cestrum
Species	Peropteryx macrotis	Cestrum aurantiacum

Conservation Status

Lesser Dog-like Bat

LC — Least Concern

Orange cestrum

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Lesser Dog-like Bat	Orange cestrum
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.

Orange cestrum

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Asia (India, Indonesia), North America (Guatemala, Honduras, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand).