Chestnut Short-tailed Bat vs Old Man'S Beard

Carollia castanea compared with Tillandsia usneoides

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Short-tailed Bat	Old Man'S Beard
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Bromeliaceae
Genus	Carollia	Tillandsia
Species	Carollia castanea	Tillandsia usneoides

Conservation Status

Chestnut Short-tailed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Old Man'S Beard

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Short-tailed Bat	Old Man'S Beard
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.

Old Man'S Beard

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Seychelles, South Africa), Asia (Taiwan), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Tonga), and South America (Brazil, 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