Eastern Cordilleran Nectar Bat vs Elephant Apple

Lonchophylla orienticollina compared with Dillenia indica

Key Differences

• Eastern Cordilleran Nectar Bat is Data Deficient while Elephant Apple is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Eastern Cordilleran Nectar Bat	Elephant Apple
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Dilleniales (Dilleniales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Dilleniaceae
Genus	Lonchophylla	Dillenia
Species	Lonchophylla orienticollina	Dillenia indica

Conservation Status

Eastern Cordilleran Nectar Bat

DD — Data Deficient

Elephant Apple

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Eastern Cordilleran Nectar Bat	Elephant Apple
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Eastern Cordilleran Nectar Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Elephant Apple

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Congo (DRC), Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, and Taiwan.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia