Chestnut Short-tailed Bat vs Desert Indigo

Carollia castanea compared with Indigofera brevidens

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Short-tailed Bat	Desert Indigo
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Carollia	Indigofera
Species	Carollia castanea	Indigofera brevidens

Conservation Status

Chestnut Short-tailed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Desert Indigo

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Short-tailed Bat	Desert Indigo
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut Short-tailed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Desert Indigo

Habitat

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

Chestnut Short-tailed Bat

The Chestnut Short-tailed Bat (Carollia castanea) is a species in the genus Carollia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.