Chestnut Long-tongued Bat vs Custard Apple

Lionycteris spurrelli compared with Annona reticulata

Key Differences

• Chestnut Long-tongued Bat is Least Concern while Custard Apple is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Long-tongued Bat	Custard Apple
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Magnoliales (Magnoliales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Annonaceae
Genus	Lionycteris	Annona
Species	Lionycteris spurrelli	Annona reticulata

Conservation Status

Chestnut Long-tongued Bat

LC — Least Concern

Custard Apple

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Long-tongued Bat	Custard Apple
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut Long-tongued Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Custard Apple

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (10 countries), Asia (7 countries), North America (Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines), Oceania and the Pacific (7 countries), and South America (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia).

Chestnut Long-tongued Bat

The Chestnut Long-tongued Bat (Lionycteris spurrelli) is a species in the genus Lionycteris. 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 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia