Bidentate Yellow-eared Bat vs long yam

Vampyriscus bidens compared with Dioscorea transversa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bidentate Yellow-eared Bat	long yam
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Dioscoreales (Dioscoreales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Dioscoreaceae
Genus	Vampyriscus	Dioscorea
Species	Vampyriscus bidens	Dioscorea transversa

Conservation Status

Bidentate Yellow-eared Bat

LC — Least Concern

long yam

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bidentate Yellow-eared Bat	long yam
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bidentate Yellow-eared Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

long yam

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Bidentate Yellow-eared Bat

The Bidentate Yellow-eared Bat (Vampyriscus bidens) is a species in the genus Vampyriscus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.