Chestnut Sac-winged Bat vs hooked-pepperwort

Cormura brevirostris compared with Marsilea vestita

Key Differences

• Chestnut Sac-winged Bat is Least Concern while hooked-pepperwort is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Sac-winged Bat	hooked-pepperwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Emballonuridae	Marsileaceae
Genus	Cormura	Marsilea
Species	Cormura brevirostris	Marsilea vestita

Conservation Status

Chestnut Sac-winged Bat

LC — Least Concern

hooked-pepperwort

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Sac-winged Bat	hooked-pepperwort
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.

hooked-pepperwort

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Canada and Cuba. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

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.