Giant Noctule vs Hime-butana

Nyctalus lasiopterus compared with Hypochaeris glabra

Key Differences

• Giant Noctule is Not Evaluated while Hime-butana is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Giant Noctule	Hime-butana
Kingdom	Animalia (動物)	Plantae (植物)
Phylum	Chordata (脊索動物)	Magnoliophyta (被子植物門)
Class	Mammalia (哺乳類)	Magnoliopsida (モクレン綱)
Order	Chiroptera (翼手目)	Asterales (キク目)
Family	Vespertilionidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Nyctalus	Hypochaeris
Species	Nyctalus lasiopterus	Hypochaeris glabra

Conservation Status

Giant Noctule

NE — Not Evaluated

Hime-butana

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Giant Noctule	Hime-butana
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Giant Noctule

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Belgium and Ukraine.

Hime-butana

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and Mediterranean forests and woodlands, among 12 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (India, Japan, Taiwan), Europe (5 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (5 countries). Currently classified as Critically 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:

🇧🇪 Belgium