Deviltree vs Hairy-legged Vampire Bat

Alstonia macrophylla compared with Diphylla ecaudata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Deviltree Hairy-legged Vampire Bat
Kingdom Plantae (Plants) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants) Chordata (Chordates)
Class Magnoliopsida (Dicots) Mammalia (Mammals)
Order Gentianales (Gentianales) Chiroptera (Bats)
Family Apocynaceae Phyllostomidae
Genus Alstonia Diphylla
Species Alstonia macrophylla Diphylla ecaudata

Conservation Status

Deviltree

LC — Least Concern

Hairy-legged Vampire Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Deviltree Hairy-legged Vampire Bat
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Deviltree

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Congo (DRC), Seychelles, Sri Lanka, and United States.

Hairy-legged Vampire Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Deviltree

No description available.

Hairy-legged Vampire Bat

No description available.

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