Baker's Yellow-shouldered Bat vs Oriental House Rat

Sturnira bakeri compared with Rattus tanezumi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Baker's Yellow-shouldered Bat	Oriental House Rat
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (Mammals)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Sturnira	Rattus
Species	Sturnira bakeri	Rattus tanezumi

Evolutionary Relationship

Baker's Yellow-shouldered Bat and Oriental House Rat share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (Mammals)

Conservation Status

Baker's Yellow-shouldered Bat

LC — Least Concern

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Baker's Yellow-shouldered Bat	Oriental House Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Baker's Yellow-shouldered Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador.

Oriental House Rat

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Eswatini, Lesotho, South Africa), Asia (Philippines, Taiwan), and Oceania and the Pacific (Kiribati).

Baker's Yellow-shouldered Bat

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