Chestnut Short-tailed Bat vs milkweed

Carollia castanea compared with Gomphocarpus fruticosus

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Short-tailed Bat	milkweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Apocynaceae
Genus	Carollia	Gomphocarpus
Species	Carollia castanea	Gomphocarpus fruticosus

Conservation Status

Chestnut Short-tailed Bat

LC — Least Concern

milkweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Short-tailed Bat	milkweed
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.

milkweed

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (6 countries), Europe (12 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand), and South America (Colombia).

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia