Lesser Dog-like Bat vs Spanish-needles

Peropteryx macrotis compared with Bidens bipinnata

Key Differences

• Lesser Dog-like Bat is Least Concern while Spanish-needles is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Lesser Dog-like Bat	Spanish-needles
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	Bidens
Species	Peropteryx macrotis	Bidens bipinnata

Conservation Status

Lesser Dog-like Bat

LC — Least Concern

Spanish-needles

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Lesser Dog-like Bat	Spanish-needles
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.

Spanish-needles

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (10 countries), Asia (5 countries), Europe (19 countries), North America (Canada), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia