Greater Spear-nosed Bat vs joint-vetch

Phyllostomus hastatus compared with Aeschynomene americana

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Greater Spear-nosed Bat	joint-vetch
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Phyllostomus	Aeschynomene
Species	Phyllostomus hastatus	Aeschynomene americana

Conservation Status

Greater Spear-nosed Bat

LC — Least Concern

joint-vetch

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Greater Spear-nosed Bat	joint-vetch
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Greater Spear-nosed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

joint-vetch

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (7 countries), Asia (9 countries), Europe (5 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (4 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).