Carriker's Round-eared Bat vs Northern Gracile Opossum

Lophostoma carrikeri compared with Gracilinanus marica

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Carriker's Round-eared Bat	Northern Gracile Opossum
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (Mammals)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Didelphidae
Genus	Lophostoma	Gracilinanus
Species	Lophostoma carrikeri	Gracilinanus marica

Evolutionary Relationship

Carriker's Round-eared Bat and Northern Gracile Opossum share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (Mammals)

Conservation Status

Carriker's Round-eared Bat

LC — Least Concern

Northern Gracile Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Carriker's Round-eared Bat	Northern Gracile Opossum
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Carriker's Round-eared Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Northern Gracile Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Venezuela.

Carriker's Round-eared Bat

The Carriker's Round-eared Bat (Lophostoma carrikeri) is a species in the genus Lophostoma. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia 🇻🇪 Venezuela