cheken vs Great Stripe-faced Bat

Luma chequen compared with Vampyrodes caraccioli

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	cheken	Great Stripe-faced Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Myrtales (Myrtales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Myrtaceae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Luma	Vampyrodes
Species	Luma chequen	Vampyrodes caraccioli

Conservation Status

cheken

LC — Least Concern

Great Stripe-faced Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	cheken	Great Stripe-faced Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

cheken

Habitat

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

Great Stripe-faced Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

cheken

The cheken (Luma chequen) is a species in the genus Luma. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.