Chestnut Short-tailed Bat vs Shoebutton

Carollia castanea compared with Ardisia elliptica

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Short-tailed Bat	Shoebutton
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Primulaceae
Genus	Carollia	Ardisia
Species	Carollia castanea	Ardisia elliptica

Conservation Status

Chestnut Short-tailed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Shoebutton

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Short-tailed Bat	Shoebutton
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.

Shoebutton

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Mauritius, Seychelles, South Africa), Asia (Maldives, Taiwan), Europe (Norway), North America (8 countries), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Samoa).

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.