Bogotan Yellow-shouldered Bat vs Elephant Apple

Sturnira bogotensis compared with Dillenia indica

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bogotan Yellow-shouldered Bat	Elephant Apple
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Dilleniales (Dilleniales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Dilleniaceae
Genus	Sturnira	Dillenia
Species	Sturnira bogotensis	Dillenia indica

Conservation Status

Bogotan Yellow-shouldered Bat

LC — Least Concern

Elephant Apple

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bogotan Yellow-shouldered Bat	Elephant Apple
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bogotan Yellow-shouldered Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Elephant Apple

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Congo (DRC), Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, and Taiwan.

Bogotan Yellow-shouldered Bat

The Bogotan Yellow-shouldered Bat (Sturnira bogotensis) is a species in the genus Sturnira. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.