Chestnut Long-tongued Bat vs Eastern Sowbread

Lionycteris spurrelli compared with Cyclamen coum

Key Differences

• Chestnut Long-tongued Bat is Least Concern while Eastern Sowbread is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Long-tongued Bat	Eastern Sowbread
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Primulaceae
Genus	Lionycteris	Cyclamen
Species	Lionycteris spurrelli	Cyclamen coum

Conservation Status

Chestnut Long-tongued Bat

LC — Least Concern

Eastern Sowbread

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Long-tongued Bat	Eastern Sowbread
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.

Eastern Sowbread

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries).

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.