Chestnut Sac-winged Bat vs Redroot amaranth

Cormura brevirostris compared with Amaranthus retroflexus

Key Differences

• Chestnut Sac-winged Bat is Least Concern while Redroot amaranth is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Sac-winged Bat	Redroot amaranth
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Emballonuridae	Amaranthaceae
Genus	Cormura	Amaranthus
Species	Cormura brevirostris	Amaranthus retroflexus

Conservation Status

Chestnut Sac-winged Bat

LC — Least Concern

Redroot amaranth

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Sac-winged Bat	Redroot amaranth
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.

Redroot amaranth

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (7 countries), Asia (14 countries), Europe (36 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (6 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 🇻🇪 Venezuela