Bidentate Yellow-shouldered Bat vs black-bindweed

Sturnira bidens compared with Dioscorea communis

Key Differences

• Bidentate Yellow-shouldered Bat is Least Concern while black-bindweed is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bidentate Yellow-shouldered Bat	black-bindweed
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	Sturnira	Dioscorea
Species	Sturnira bidens	Dioscorea communis

Conservation Status

Bidentate Yellow-shouldered Bat

LC — Least Concern

black-bindweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bidentate Yellow-shouldered Bat	black-bindweed
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bidentate Yellow-shouldered Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

black-bindweed

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Portugal and Sweden.

Bidentate Yellow-shouldered Bat

The Bidentate Yellow-shouldered Bat (Sturnira bidens) 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.

black-bindweed

The Black-bindweed (Dioscorea communis) is a species in the genus Dioscorea. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.