Chestnut Short-tailed Bat vs Woolly Tooth

Carollia castanea compared with Phellodon tomentosus

Key Differences

• Chestnut Short-tailed Bat is Least Concern while Woolly Tooth is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Short-tailed Bat	Woolly Tooth
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Thelephoraceae
Genus	Carollia	Phellodon
Species	Carollia castanea	Phellodon tomentosus

Conservation Status

Chestnut Short-tailed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Woolly Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Short-tailed Bat	Woolly Tooth
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.

Woolly Tooth

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.