Greater Yellow-shouldered Bat vs Jio

Sturnira magna compared with Commelina benghalensis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Greater Yellow-shouldered Bat	Jio
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Commelinales (Commelinales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Commelinaceae
Genus	Sturnira	Commelina
Species	Sturnira magna	Commelina benghalensis

Conservation Status

Greater Yellow-shouldered Bat

LC — Least Concern

Jio

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Greater Yellow-shouldered Bat	Jio
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Greater Yellow-shouldered Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador.

Jio

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, among 5 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (11 countries), Asia (7 countries), Europe (Croatia, Portugal, Spain), North America (Mexico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), and South America (5 countries).