Miller’s Mastiff Bat vs Partridge-Pea

Molossus pretiosus compared with Chamaecrista nictitans

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Miller’s Mastiff Bat	Partridge-Pea
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Molossidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Molossus	Chamaecrista
Species	Molossus pretiosus	Chamaecrista nictitans

Conservation Status

Miller’s Mastiff Bat

LC — Least Concern

Partridge-Pea

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Miller’s Mastiff Bat	Partridge-Pea
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Miller’s Mastiff Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Venezuela.

Partridge-Pea

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Mauritius), Asia (4 countries), Europe (Norway, Sweden), North America (6 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).