Gray Short-tailed Bat vs Hill Soldier

Carollia subrufa compared with Oxycera pardalina

Key Differences

• Gray Short-tailed Bat is Least Concern while Hill Soldier is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray Short-tailed Bat	Hill Soldier
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Diptera (Diptera)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Stratiomyidae
Genus	Carollia	Oxycera
Species	Carollia subrufa	Oxycera pardalina

Evolutionary Relationship

Gray Short-tailed Bat and Hill Soldier share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Gray Short-tailed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Hill Soldier

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray Short-tailed Bat	Hill Soldier
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray Short-tailed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Hill Soldier

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Norway, and Sweden. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.