Gianna’s Yellow-shouldered Bat vs Prickly moses

Sturnira giannae compared with Acacia verticillata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gianna’s Yellow-shouldered Bat	Prickly moses
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	Acacia
Species	Sturnira giannae	Acacia verticillata

Conservation Status

Gianna’s Yellow-shouldered Bat

LC — Least Concern

Prickly moses

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gianna’s Yellow-shouldered Bat	Prickly moses
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.

Prickly moses

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (India), Europe (Portugal, Spain), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand), and South America (Colombia).