Ecuadorian Sac-winged Bat vs mango-pine

Balantiopteryx infusca compared with Barringtonia asiatica

Key Differences

• Ecuadorian Sac-winged Bat is Endangered while mango-pine is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ecuadorian Sac-winged Bat	mango-pine
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Emballonuridae	Lecythidaceae
Genus	Balantiopteryx	Barringtonia
Species	Balantiopteryx infusca	Barringtonia asiatica

Conservation Status

Ecuadorian Sac-winged Bat

EN — Endangered

mango-pine

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ecuadorian Sac-winged Bat	mango-pine
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.

mango-pine

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Antigua and Barbuda, Comoros, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Taiwan.