Little Tube-nosed Bat vs slender thistle

Murina aurata compared with Carduus tenuiflorus

Key Differences

• Little Tube-nosed Bat is Data Deficient while slender thistle is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Little Tube-nosed Bat	slender thistle
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Vespertilionidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Murina	Carduus
Species	Murina aurata	Carduus tenuiflorus

Conservation Status

Little Tube-nosed Bat

DD — Data Deficient

slender thistle

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Little Tube-nosed Bat	slender thistle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Little Tube-nosed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

slender thistle

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Japan), Europe (7 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile). Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.