Eastern Cordilleran Nectar Bat vs Ferny Azolla

Lonchophylla orienticollina compared with Azolla pinnata

Key Differences

• Eastern Cordilleran Nectar Bat is Data Deficient while Ferny Azolla is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Eastern Cordilleran Nectar Bat	Ferny Azolla
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Salviniaceae
Genus	Lonchophylla	Azolla
Species	Lonchophylla orienticollina	Azolla pinnata

Conservation Status

Eastern Cordilleran Nectar Bat

DD — Data Deficient

Ferny Azolla

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Eastern Cordilleran Nectar Bat	Ferny Azolla
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.

Ferny Azolla

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including deserts and xeric shrublands, tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, and flooded grasslands and savannas spanning the Palearctic and Oceanian realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (Indonesia, Singapore, Taiwan), North America (Mexico, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands, New Zealand, Tuvalu).