Miller's Dog-faced Bat vs Prickly Coontail

Cynomops milleri compared with Ceratophyllum echinatum

Key Differences

• Miller's Dog-faced Bat is Least Concern while Prickly Coontail is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Miller's Dog-faced Bat	Prickly Coontail
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Ceratophyllales (Ceratophyllales)
Family	Molossidae	Ceratophyllaceae
Genus	Cynomops	Ceratophyllum
Species	Cynomops milleri	Ceratophyllum echinatum

Conservation Status

Miller's Dog-faced Bat

LC — Least Concern

Prickly Coontail

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Miller's Dog-faced Bat	Prickly Coontail
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Miller's Dog-faced Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Venezuela.

Prickly Coontail

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.