Chestnut Short-tailed Bat vs Touch-me-not

Carollia castanea compared with Melianthus comosus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Short-tailed Bat	Touch-me-not
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Geraniales (Geraniales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Melianthaceae
Genus	Carollia	Melianthus
Species	Carollia castanea	Melianthus comosus

Conservation Status

Chestnut Short-tailed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Touch-me-not

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Short-tailed Bat	Touch-me-not
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.

Touch-me-not

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Australia and Spain.

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.