Baker's Yellow-shouldered Bat vs Red melastome

Sturnira bakeri compared with Melastoma sanguineum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Baker's Yellow-shouldered Bat	Red melastome
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Melastomataceae
Genus	Sturnira	Melastoma
Species	Sturnira bakeri	Melastoma sanguineum

Conservation Status

Baker's Yellow-shouldered Bat

LC — Least Concern

Red melastome

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Baker's Yellow-shouldered Bat	Red melastome
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.

Red melastome

Habitat

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

Range

Found in United States.

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.