Carelessweed vs Frosted Sac-winged Bat

Amaranthus spinosus compared with Saccopteryx canescens

Key Differences

• Carelessweed is Not Evaluated while Frosted Sac-winged Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Carelessweed	Frosted Sac-winged Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Amaranthaceae	Emballonuridae
Genus	Amaranthus	Saccopteryx
Species	Amaranthus spinosus	Saccopteryx canescens

Conservation Status

Carelessweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Frosted Sac-winged Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Carelessweed	Frosted Sac-winged Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Carelessweed

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (20 countries), Asia (22 countries), Europe (23 countries), North America (6 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (11 countries), and South America (7 countries).

Frosted Sac-winged Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Venezuela.

Carelessweed

The Carelessweed (Amaranthus spinosus) is a species in the genus Amaranthus. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia 🇻🇪 Venezuela