Chestnut Short-tailed Bat vs White Chilte

Carollia castanea compared with Cnidoscolus tepiquensis

Key Differences

• Chestnut Short-tailed Bat is Least Concern while White Chilte is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Short-tailed Bat	White Chilte
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Euphorbiaceae
Genus	Carollia	Cnidoscolus
Species	Carollia castanea	Cnidoscolus tepiquensis

Conservation Status

Chestnut Short-tailed Bat

LC — Least Concern

White Chilte

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Short-tailed Bat	White Chilte
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.

White Chilte

Habitat

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

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.