Aratathomas's Yellow-shouldered Bat vs Tickclover

Sturnira aratathomasi compared with Desmodium incanum

Key Differences

Aratathomas's Yellow-shouldered Bat is Near Threatened while Tickclover is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Aratathomas's Yellow-shouldered Bat	Tickclover
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Sturnira	Desmodium
Species	Sturnira aratathomasi	Desmodium incanum

Conservation Status

Aratathomas's Yellow-shouldered Bat

NT — Near Threatened

Tickclover

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Aratathomas's Yellow-shouldered Bat	Tickclover
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Aratathomas's Yellow-shouldered Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

Tickclover

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (10 countries), Asia (Japan), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (12 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Aratathomas's Yellow-shouldered Bat

The Aratathomas's Yellow-shouldered Bat (Sturnira aratathomasi) is a species in the genus Sturnira. It is currently classified as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.