Beach-Heath vs Greater Spear-nosed Bat

Hudsonia tomentosa compared with Phyllostomus hastatus

Key Differences

• Beach-Heath is Not Evaluated while Greater Spear-nosed Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beach-Heath	Greater Spear-nosed Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Malvales (Malvales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Cistaceae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Hudsonia	Phyllostomus
Species	Hudsonia tomentosa	Phyllostomus hastatus

Conservation Status

Beach-Heath

NE — Not Evaluated

Greater Spear-nosed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beach-Heath	Greater Spear-nosed Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Beach-Heath

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

Greater Spear-nosed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Beach-Heath

The Beach-Heath (Hudsonia tomentosa) is a species in the genus Hudsonia. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.