Lesser New Zealand Short-tailed Bat vs Stinking chamomile

Mystacina tuberculata compared with Anthemis cotula

Key Differences

• Lesser New Zealand Short-tailed Bat is Vulnerable while Stinking chamomile is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Lesser New Zealand Short-tailed Bat	Stinking chamomile
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Mystacinidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Mystacina	Anthemis
Species	Mystacina tuberculata	Anthemis cotula

Conservation Status

Lesser New Zealand Short-tailed Bat

VU — Vulnerable

Stinking chamomile

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Lesser New Zealand Short-tailed Bat	Stinking chamomile
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Lesser New Zealand Short-tailed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Stinking chamomile

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Georgia, India), Europe (13 countries), North America (Canada, Mexico, United States), and South America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile). Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.