Dense Silky-bent vs Pacific Tent-making Bat

Apera interrupta compared with Uroderma convexum

Key Differences

• Dense Silky-bent is Near Threatened while Pacific Tent-making Bat is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dense Silky-bent	Pacific Tent-making Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Poaceae (Grass Family)	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Apera	Uroderma
Species	Apera interrupta	Uroderma convexum

Conservation Status

Dense Silky-bent

NT — Near Threatened

Pacific Tent-making Bat

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dense Silky-bent	Pacific Tent-making Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Dense Silky-bent

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, temperate grasslands and steppes, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 4 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (9 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Argentina, Chile). Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

Pacific Tent-making Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador.