Greater Spear-nosed Bat vs Prickly Heath

Phyllostomus hastatus compared with Gaultheria mucronata

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Greater Spear-nosed Bat	Prickly Heath
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Ericaceae
Genus	Phyllostomus	Gaultheria
Species	Phyllostomus hastatus	Gaultheria mucronata

Conservation Status

Greater Spear-nosed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Prickly Heath

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Greater Spear-nosed Bat	Prickly Heath
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.

Prickly Heath

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Ireland, Norway, Sweden, and United Kingdom.