Greater Spear-nosed Bat vs Marsh fleabane

Phyllostomus hastatus compared with Pluchea carolinensis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Greater Spear-nosed Bat	Marsh fleabane
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Phyllostomus	Pluchea
Species	Phyllostomus hastatus	Pluchea carolinensis

Conservation Status

Greater Spear-nosed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Marsh fleabane

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Greater Spear-nosed Bat	Marsh fleabane
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.

Marsh fleabane

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (Spain), North America (5 countries), and Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries).