Gray Short-tailed Bat vs spiral ginger

Carollia subrufa compared with Costus pulverulentus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray Short-tailed Bat	spiral ginger
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Zingiberales (Zingiberales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Costaceae
Genus	Carollia	Costus
Species	Carollia subrufa	Costus pulverulentus

Conservation Status

Gray Short-tailed Bat

LC — Least Concern

spiral ginger

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray Short-tailed Bat	spiral ginger
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray Short-tailed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

spiral ginger

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Cuba, Guatemala, Honduras, and United States.