Mallard vs Pacific Tent-making Bat

Anas platyrhynchos compared with Uroderma convexum

Key Differences

• Mallard is Least Concern while Pacific Tent-making Bat is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Mallard	Pacific Tent-making Bat
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Anseriformes (Anseriformes)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Anatidae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Anas	Uroderma
Species	Anas platyrhynchos	Uroderma convexum

Evolutionary Relationship

Mallard and Pacific Tent-making Bat share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (Chordates)

Conservation Status

Mallard

LC — Least Concern

Pacific Tent-making Bat

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Mallard	Pacific Tent-making Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Mallard

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and deserts and xeric shrublands spanning the Afrotropic and Indomalayan realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Asia (Bhutan, Nepal), Europe (7 countries), North America (Barbados, El Salvador, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand), and South America (4 countries).

Pacific Tent-making Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador.

Mallard

Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) is classified as Least Concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List. Widespread and abundant across its range, with stable populations and no immediate conservation concerns.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia 🇪🇨 Ecuador