Frosted Sac-winged Bat vs Papyrus

Saccopteryx canescens compared with Cyperus papyrus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Frosted Sac-winged Bat	Papyrus
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Emballonuridae	Cyperaceae
Genus	Saccopteryx	Cyperus
Species	Saccopteryx canescens	Cyperus papyrus

Conservation Status

Frosted Sac-winged Bat

LC — Least Concern

Papyrus

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Frosted Sac-winged Bat	Papyrus
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Frosted Sac-winged Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Venezuela.

Papyrus

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Asia (India, Laos), Europe (Italy, Portugal), North America (Costa Rica, Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).