Chestnut Short-tailed Bat vs Greater fairy armadillo

Carollia castanea compared with Calyptophractus retusus

Key Differences

• Chestnut Short-tailed Bat is Least Concern while Greater fairy armadillo is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Short-tailed Bat	Greater fairy armadillo
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (Mammals)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Cingulata (Cingulata)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Dasypodidae
Genus	Carollia	Calyptophractus
Species	Carollia castanea	Calyptophractus retusus

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut Short-tailed Bat and Greater fairy armadillo share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (Mammals)

Conservation Status

Chestnut Short-tailed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Greater fairy armadillo

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Short-tailed Bat	Greater fairy armadillo
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.

Greater fairy armadillo

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

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.