Ecuadorian Sac-winged Bat vs ground-bean

Balantiopteryx infusca compared with Macrotyloma geocarpum

Key Differences

• Ecuadorian Sac-winged Bat is Endangered while ground-bean is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ecuadorian Sac-winged Bat	ground-bean
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Emballonuridae	Fabaceae
Genus	Balantiopteryx	Macrotyloma
Species	Balantiopteryx infusca	Macrotyloma geocarpum

Conservation Status

Ecuadorian Sac-winged Bat

EN — Endangered

ground-bean

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ecuadorian Sac-winged Bat	ground-bean
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.

ground-bean

Habitat

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