Chestnut Short-tailed Bat vs Red melastome

Carollia castanea compared with Melastoma sanguineum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Short-tailed Bat	Red melastome
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Melastomataceae
Genus	Carollia	Melastoma
Species	Carollia castanea	Melastoma sanguineum

Conservation Status

Chestnut Short-tailed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Red melastome

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Short-tailed Bat	Red melastome
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.

Red melastome

Habitat

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

Range

Found in United States.

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.