Chestnut Short-tailed Bat vs Pumpkin Ash

Carollia castanea compared with Fraxinus profunda

Key Differences

• Chestnut Short-tailed Bat is Least Concern while Pumpkin Ash is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Short-tailed Bat	Pumpkin Ash
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Oleaceae
Genus	Carollia	Fraxinus
Species	Carollia castanea	Fraxinus profunda

Conservation Status

Chestnut Short-tailed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Pumpkin Ash

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Short-tailed Bat	Pumpkin Ash
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.

Pumpkin Ash

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Canada. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.