Atlantic Giant Pumpkin vs Heller's Broad-nosed Bat

Cucurbita maxima compared with Platyrrhinus helleri

Key Differences

• Atlantic Giant Pumpkin is Not Evaluated while Heller's Broad-nosed Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Atlantic Giant Pumpkin	Heller's Broad-nosed 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	Platyrrhinus
Species	Cucurbita maxima	Platyrrhinus helleri

Conservation Status

Atlantic Giant Pumpkin

NE — Not Evaluated

Heller's Broad-nosed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Atlantic Giant Pumpkin	Heller's Broad-nosed Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Atlantic Giant Pumpkin

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Congo (DRC), Guinea, Seychelles), Asia (5 countries), Europe (17 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Colombia).

Heller's Broad-nosed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Atlantic Giant Pumpkin

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

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia