African Protea vs Hairy-legged Vampire Bat

Protea gaguedi compared with Diphylla ecaudata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	African Protea	Hairy-legged Vampire Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Proteales (Proteales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Proteaceae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Protea	Diphylla
Species	Protea gaguedi	Diphylla ecaudata

Conservation Status

African Protea

LC — Least Concern

Hairy-legged Vampire Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	African Protea	Hairy-legged Vampire Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

African Protea

Habitat

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

Hairy-legged Vampire Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

African Protea

The African Protea (Protea gaguedi) is a species in the genus Protea. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.