Bidentate Yellow-shouldered Bat vs Dotted lancepod

Sturnira bidens compared with Lonchocarpus punctatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bidentate Yellow-shouldered Bat	Dotted lancepod
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Sturnira	Lonchocarpus
Species	Sturnira bidens	Lonchocarpus punctatus

Conservation Status

Bidentate Yellow-shouldered Bat

LC — Least Concern

Dotted lancepod

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bidentate Yellow-shouldered Bat	Dotted lancepod
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 lancepod

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia 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.