Allen's Big-eared Bat vs lignum vitae

Idionycteris phyllotis compared with Guaiacum officinale

Key Differences

• Allen's Big-eared Bat is Least Concern while lignum vitae is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Allen's Big-eared Bat	lignum vitae
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Zygophyllales (Zygophyllales)
Family	Vespertilionidae	Zygophyllaceae
Genus	Idionycteris	Guaiacum
Species	Idionycteris phyllotis	Guaiacum officinale

Conservation Status

Allen's Big-eared Bat

LC — Least Concern

lignum vitae

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Allen's Big-eared Bat	lignum vitae
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Allen's Big-eared Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

lignum vitae

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Cuba, India, and United States. 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.