Chestnut Short-tailed Bat vs Dingy Dowd

Carollia castanea compared with Blastobasis adustella

Key Differences

• Chestnut Short-tailed Bat is Least Concern while Dingy Dowd is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Short-tailed Bat	Dingy Dowd
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Blastobasidae
Genus	Carollia	Blastobasis
Species	Carollia castanea	Blastobasis adustella

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut Short-tailed Bat and Dingy Dowd share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Chestnut Short-tailed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Dingy Dowd

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Short-tailed Bat	Dingy Dowd
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.

Dingy Dowd

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries).

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.