Gianna’s Yellow-shouldered Bat vs Pencil flower

Sturnira giannae compared with Stylosanthes guianensis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gianna’s Yellow-shouldered Bat	Pencil flower
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Sturnira	Stylosanthes
Species	Sturnira giannae	Stylosanthes guianensis

Conservation Status

Gianna’s Yellow-shouldered Bat

LC — Least Concern

Pencil flower

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gianna’s Yellow-shouldered Bat	Pencil flower
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gianna’s Yellow-shouldered Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador.

Pencil flower

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (8 countries), Asia (7 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).