Chestnut Sac-winged Bat vs cotton aphid

Cormura brevirostris compared with Aphis gossypii

Key Differences

• Chestnut Sac-winged Bat is Least Concern while cotton aphid is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Sac-winged Bat	cotton aphid
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Hemiptera (Hemiptera)
Family	Emballonuridae	Aphididae
Genus	Cormura	Aphis
Species	Cormura brevirostris	Aphis gossypii

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut Sac-winged Bat and cotton aphid share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Chestnut Sac-winged Bat

LC — Least Concern

cotton aphid

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Sac-winged Bat	cotton aphid
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut Sac-winged Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

cotton aphid

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (4 countries), Europe (29 countries), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Fiji, Micronesia).

Chestnut Sac-winged Bat

The Chestnut Sac-winged Bat (Cormura brevirostris) is a species in the genus Cormura. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.