Goat's-beard vs Greater Spear-nosed Bat

Tragopogon pratensis compared with Phyllostomus hastatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Goat's-beard	Greater Spear-nosed Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Tragopogon	Phyllostomus
Species	Tragopogon pratensis	Phyllostomus hastatus

Conservation Status

Goat's-beard

LC — Least Concern

Greater Spear-nosed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Goat's-beard	Greater Spear-nosed Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Goat's-beard

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (6 countries), and North America (Canada, United States).

Greater Spear-nosed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.