Crapemyrtle vs Greater Broad-nosed Bat

Lagerstroemia indica compared with Platyrrhinus vittatus

Key Differences

• Crapemyrtle is Not Evaluated while Greater Broad-nosed Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crapemyrtle	Greater Broad-nosed Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Myrtales (Myrtales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Lythraceae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Lagerstroemia	Platyrrhinus
Species	Lagerstroemia indica	Platyrrhinus vittatus

Conservation Status

Crapemyrtle

NE — Not Evaluated

Greater Broad-nosed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crapemyrtle	Greater Broad-nosed Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crapemyrtle

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (8 countries), Asia (6 countries), Europe (Croatia, Portugal), North America (10 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Marshall Islands), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador).

Greater Broad-nosed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia 🇪🇨 Ecuador