Allen's Big-eared Bat vs Killarney Featherwort

Idionycteris phyllotis compared with Plagiochila bifaria

Key Differences

• Allen's Big-eared Bat is Least Concern while Killarney Featherwort is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Allen's Big-eared Bat	Killarney Featherwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Marchantiophyta (liverwort)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Jungermanniopsida (Jungermanniopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Jungermanniales (Jungermanniales)
Family	Vespertilionidae	Plagiochilaceae
Genus	Idionycteris	Plagiochila
Species	Idionycteris phyllotis	Plagiochila bifaria

Conservation Status

Allen's Big-eared Bat

LC — Least Concern

Killarney Featherwort

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Allen's Big-eared Bat	Killarney Featherwort
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Allen's Big-eared Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Killarney Featherwort

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, Luxembourg, Norway, and Portugal. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Allen's Big-eared Bat

The Allen's Big-eared Bat (Idionycteris phyllotis) is a species in the genus Idionycteris. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.