Hairy-legged Vampire Bat vs iron-grass

Diphylla ecaudata compared with Spermacoce confusa

Key Differences

• Hairy-legged Vampire Bat is Least Concern while iron-grass is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hairy-legged Vampire Bat	iron-grass
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Rubiaceae
Genus	Diphylla	Spermacoce
Species	Diphylla ecaudata	Spermacoce confusa

Conservation Status

Hairy-legged Vampire Bat

LC — Least Concern

iron-grass

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hairy-legged Vampire Bat	iron-grass
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Hairy-legged Vampire Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

iron-grass

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Timor-Leste.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia