Ecuadorian Sac-winged Bat vs Forked Aster

Balantiopteryx infusca compared with Eurybia furcata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ecuadorian Sac-winged Bat	Forked Aster
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Emballonuridae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Balantiopteryx	Eurybia
Species	Balantiopteryx infusca	Eurybia furcata

Conservation Status

Ecuadorian Sac-winged Bat

EN — Endangered

Forked Aster

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ecuadorian Sac-winged Bat	Forked Aster
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ecuadorian Sac-winged Bat

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 4 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.