Chestnut Sac-winged Bat vs Mountain yam

Cormura brevirostris compared with Dioscorea hamiltonii

Key Differences

• Chestnut Sac-winged Bat is Least Concern while Mountain yam is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Sac-winged Bat	Mountain yam
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Dioscoreales (Dioscoreales)
Family	Emballonuridae	Dioscoreaceae
Genus	Cormura	Dioscorea
Species	Cormura brevirostris	Dioscorea hamiltonii

Conservation Status

Chestnut Sac-winged Bat

LC — Least Concern

Mountain yam

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Sac-winged Bat	Mountain yam
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.

Mountain yam

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

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.