Hairy-legged Vampire Bat vs Jackswitch

Diphylla ecaudata compared with Corchorus hirsutus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hairy-legged Vampire Bat	Jackswitch
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Malvales (Malvales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Malvaceae
Genus	Diphylla	Corchorus
Species	Diphylla ecaudata	Corchorus hirsutus

Conservation Status

Hairy-legged Vampire Bat

LC — Least Concern

Jackswitch

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hairy-legged Vampire Bat	Jackswitch
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.

Jackswitch

Habitat

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

Range

Found in United States.