Little Black Serotine vs Mexican cedar

Eptesicus andinus compared with Cedrela odorata

Key Differences

• Little Black Serotine is Least Concern while Mexican cedar is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Little Black Serotine	Mexican cedar
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Vespertilionidae	Meliaceae
Genus	Eptesicus	Cedrela
Species	Eptesicus andinus	Cedrela odorata

Conservation Status

Little Black Serotine

LC — Least Concern

Mexican cedar

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Little Black Serotine	Mexican cedar
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Little Black Serotine

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Mexican cedar

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 9 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (18 countries), Asia (Taiwan), North America (6 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia). Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia