Greater Spear-nosed Bat vs karanda

Phyllostomus hastatus compared with Carissa carandas

Key Differences

• Greater Spear-nosed Bat is Least Concern while karanda is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Greater Spear-nosed Bat	karanda
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Apocynaceae
Genus	Phyllostomus	Carissa
Species	Phyllostomus hastatus	Carissa carandas

Conservation Status

Greater Spear-nosed Bat

LC — Least Concern

karanda

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Greater Spear-nosed Bat	karanda
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.

karanda

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Brazil.