Fernandez's Sword-nosed Bat vs ilima

Lonchorhina fernandezi compared with Sida cordifolia

Key Differences

• Fernandez's Sword-nosed Bat is Endangered while ilima is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fernandez's Sword-nosed Bat	ilima
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Malvales (Malvales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Malvaceae
Genus	Lonchorhina	Sida
Species	Lonchorhina fernandezi	Sida cordifolia

Conservation Status

Fernandez's Sword-nosed Bat

EN — Endangered

ilima

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fernandez's Sword-nosed Bat	ilima
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fernandez's Sword-nosed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Venezuela. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

ilima

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and deserts and xeric shrublands spanning the Australasia and Afrotropic and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (8 countries), Asia (5 countries), Europe (Sweden), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (4 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).