Gianna’s Yellow-shouldered Bat vs umkokolo

Sturnira giannae compared with Dovyalis caffra

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gianna’s Yellow-shouldered Bat	umkokolo
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Salicaceae
Genus	Sturnira	Dovyalis
Species	Sturnira giannae	Dovyalis caffra

Conservation Status

Gianna’s Yellow-shouldered Bat

LC — Least Concern

umkokolo

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gianna’s Yellow-shouldered Bat	umkokolo
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.

umkokolo

Habitat

Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (7 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil).