Eastern Cordilleran Nectar Bat vs Green wattle

Lonchophylla orienticollina compared with Acacia decurrens

Key Differences

• Eastern Cordilleran Nectar Bat is Data Deficient while Green wattle is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Eastern Cordilleran Nectar Bat	Green wattle
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Lonchophylla	Acacia
Species	Lonchophylla orienticollina	Acacia decurrens

Conservation Status

Eastern Cordilleran Nectar Bat

DD — Data Deficient

Green wattle

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Eastern Cordilleran Nectar Bat	Green wattle
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.

Green wattle

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, among 5 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Indomalayan and Neotropic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (7 countries), Asia (6 countries), Europe (6 countries), North America (Haiti, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Fiji, Micronesia, New Zealand), and South America (4 countries).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 3 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia 🇪🇨 Ecuador 🇻🇪 Venezuela