Chestnut Short-tailed Bat vs hoary basil

Carollia castanea compared with Ocimum africanum

Key Differences

• Chestnut Short-tailed Bat is Least Concern while hoary basil is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Short-tailed Bat	hoary basil
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Lamiaceae
Genus	Carollia	Ocimum
Species	Carollia castanea	Ocimum africanum

Conservation Status

Chestnut Short-tailed Bat

LC — Least Concern

hoary basil

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Short-tailed Bat	hoary basil
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.

hoary basil

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Guinea, India, and Madagascar.

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.