American Pumpkin vs Gray Short-tailed Bat

Cucurbita pepo compared with Carollia subrufa

Key Differences

• American Pumpkin is Not Evaluated while Gray Short-tailed Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	American Pumpkin	Gray Short-tailed Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Cucurbitales (Cucurbitales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Cucurbitaceae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Cucurbita	Carollia
Species	Cucurbita pepo	Carollia subrufa

Conservation Status

American Pumpkin

NE — Not Evaluated

Gray Short-tailed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	American Pumpkin	Gray Short-tailed Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

American Pumpkin

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (5 countries), Europe (23 countries), North America (Canada, Costa Rica, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Gray Short-tailed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

American Pumpkin

The American Pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo) is a species in the genus Cucurbita. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.