Gray Short-tailed Bat vs Starfruit

Carollia subrufa compared with Damasonium polyspermum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray Short-tailed Bat	Starfruit
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Alismatales (Alismatales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Alismataceae
Genus	Carollia	Damasonium
Species	Carollia subrufa	Damasonium polyspermum

Conservation Status

Gray Short-tailed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Starfruit

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray Short-tailed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Starfruit

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Portugal. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.