Lesser Sac-winged Bat vs marsh thistle

Saccopteryx leptura compared with Cirsium palustre

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Lesser Sac-winged Bat	marsh thistle
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	Saccopteryx	Cirsium
Species	Saccopteryx leptura	Cirsium palustre

Conservation Status

Lesser Sac-winged Bat

LC — Least Concern

marsh thistle

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Lesser Sac-winged Bat	marsh thistle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Lesser Sac-winged Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

marsh thistle

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (8 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand).