Chestnut Short-tailed Bat vs Salento Iris

Carollia castanea compared with Iris revoluta

Key Differences

• Chestnut Short-tailed Bat is Least Concern while Salento Iris is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Short-tailed Bat	Salento Iris
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Mantodea (Mantodea)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Eremiaphilidae
Genus	Carollia	Iris
Species	Carollia castanea	Iris revoluta

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut Short-tailed Bat and Salento Iris share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Chestnut Short-tailed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Salento Iris

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Short-tailed Bat	Salento Iris
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.

Salento Iris

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

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.