Buttonhead Pipewort vs Pale Brown Long-tongued Bat

Eriocaulon heterolepis compared with Lichonycteris degener

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Buttonhead Pipewort	Pale Brown Long-tongued Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Eriocaulaceae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Eriocaulon	Lichonycteris
Species	Eriocaulon heterolepis	Lichonycteris degener

Conservation Status

Buttonhead Pipewort

LC — Least Concern

Pale Brown Long-tongued Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Buttonhead Pipewort	Pale Brown Long-tongued Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Buttonhead Pipewort

Habitat

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

Pale Brown Long-tongued Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Buttonhead Pipewort

The Buttonhead Pipewort (Eriocaulon heterolepis) is a species in the genus Eriocaulon. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.