Eastern Cordilleran Nectar Bat vs Tea

Lonchophylla orienticollina compared with Camellia sinensis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Eastern Cordilleran Nectar Bat	Tea
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Theaceae
Genus	Lonchophylla	Camellia
Species	Lonchophylla orienticollina	Camellia sinensis

Conservation Status

Eastern Cordilleran Nectar Bat

DD — Data Deficient

Tea

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Eastern Cordilleran Nectar Bat	Tea
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.

Tea

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 7 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Neotropic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (8 countries), Asia (Taiwan), North America (Jamaica, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Peru).