Chestnut Short-tailed Bat vs Large-leaved Myrtle

Carollia castanea compared with Eugenia erythrophylla

Key Differences

• Chestnut Short-tailed Bat is Least Concern while Large-leaved Myrtle is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Short-tailed Bat	Large-leaved Myrtle
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Myrtaceae
Genus	Carollia	Eugenia
Species	Carollia castanea	Eugenia erythrophylla

Conservation Status

Chestnut Short-tailed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Large-leaved Myrtle

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Short-tailed Bat	Large-leaved Myrtle
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.

Large-leaved Myrtle

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.