Chestnut Short-tailed Bat vs Maui's paddle

Carollia castanea compared with Elaphoglossum crassicaule

Key Differences

• Chestnut Short-tailed Bat is Least Concern while Maui's paddle is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Short-tailed Bat	Maui's paddle
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Dryopteridaceae
Genus	Carollia	Elaphoglossum
Species	Carollia castanea	Elaphoglossum crassicaule

Conservation Status

Chestnut Short-tailed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Maui's paddle

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Short-tailed Bat	Maui's paddle
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.

Maui's paddle

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

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.