Bidentate Yellow-shouldered Bat vs Dotted Firefly

Sturnira bidens compared with Lucidota punctata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bidentate Yellow-shouldered Bat	Dotted Firefly
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Coleoptera (Beetles)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Lampyridae
Genus	Sturnira	Lucidota
Species	Sturnira bidens	Lucidota punctata

Evolutionary Relationship

Bidentate Yellow-shouldered Bat and Dotted Firefly share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Bidentate Yellow-shouldered Bat

LC — Least Concern

Dotted Firefly

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bidentate Yellow-shouldered Bat	Dotted Firefly
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.

Dotted Firefly

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

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.