Chestnut Sac-winged Bat vs Red ginger

Cormura brevirostris compared with Alpinia purpurata

Key Differences

• Chestnut Sac-winged Bat is Least Concern while Red ginger is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Sac-winged Bat	Red ginger
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Zingiberales (Zingiberales)
Family	Emballonuridae	Zingiberaceae
Genus	Cormura	Alpinia
Species	Cormura brevirostris	Alpinia purpurata

Conservation Status

Chestnut Sac-winged Bat

LC — Least Concern

Red ginger

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Sac-winged Bat	Red ginger
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.

Red ginger

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Seychelles), Asia (India, Taiwan, Thailand), North America (13 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (9 countries), and South America (4 countries).

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia 🇪🇨 Ecuador