Crested Oval Sedge vs Hairy-legged Vampire Bat

Carex cristatella compared with Diphylla ecaudata

Key Differences

• Crested Oval Sedge is Extinct while Hairy-legged Vampire Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crested Oval Sedge	Hairy-legged Vampire Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Cyperaceae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Carex	Diphylla
Species	Carex cristatella	Diphylla ecaudata

Conservation Status

Crested Oval Sedge

EX — Extinct

Hairy-legged Vampire Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crested Oval Sedge	Hairy-legged Vampire Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crested Oval Sedge

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

Hairy-legged Vampire Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.