Gianna’s Yellow-shouldered Bat vs smooth heliotrope

Sturnira giannae compared with Heliotropium curassavicum

Key Differences

• Gianna’s Yellow-shouldered Bat is Least Concern while smooth heliotrope is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gianna’s Yellow-shouldered Bat	smooth heliotrope
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Boraginales (Boraginales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Heliotropiaceae
Genus	Sturnira	Heliotropium
Species	Sturnira giannae	Heliotropium curassavicum

Conservation Status

Gianna’s Yellow-shouldered Bat

LC — Least Concern

smooth heliotrope

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gianna’s Yellow-shouldered Bat	smooth heliotrope
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.

smooth heliotrope

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (6 countries), Asia (5 countries), Europe (13 countries), North America (Cuba), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Marshall Islands), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia