American Eelgrass vs Handley's Nectar Bat

Vallisneria americana compared with Lonchophylla handleyi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	American Eelgrass	Handley's Nectar Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Alismatales (Alismatales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Hydrocharitaceae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Vallisneria	Lonchophylla
Species	Vallisneria americana	Lonchophylla handleyi

Conservation Status

American Eelgrass

LC — Least Concern

Handley's Nectar Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	American Eelgrass	Handley's Nectar Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

American Eelgrass

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including deserts and xeric shrublands, tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Palearctic and Neotropic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Egypt), Asia (Taiwan), Europe (Belgium, Italy), North America (5 countries), and South America (Colombia).

Handley's Nectar Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador.

American Eelgrass

The American Eelgrass (Vallisneria americana) is a species in the genus Vallisneria. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including deserts and xeric shrublands, tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Palearctic and Neo.