Chestnut Long-tongued Bat vs Thread Weed

Lionycteris spurrelli compared with Ulva compressa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Long-tongued Bat	Thread Weed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Chlorophyta (Chlorophyta)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Ulvophyceae (Ulvophyceae)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Ulvales (Ulvales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Ulvaceae
Genus	Lionycteris	Ulva
Species	Lionycteris spurrelli	Ulva compressa

Conservation Status

Chestnut Long-tongued Bat

LC — Least Concern

Thread Weed

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Long-tongued Bat	Thread Weed
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.

Thread Weed

Habitat

Native to Asia and Europe and Oceania, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand), and South America (Brazil).

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.