Hairy-legged Vampire Bat vs large painted-lady

Diphylla ecaudata compared with Gladiolus undulatus

Key Differences

• Hairy-legged Vampire Bat is Least Concern while large painted-lady is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hairy-legged Vampire Bat	large painted-lady
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Iridaceae
Genus	Diphylla	Gladiolus
Species	Diphylla ecaudata	Gladiolus undulatus

Conservation Status

Hairy-legged Vampire Bat

LC — Least Concern

large painted-lady

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hairy-legged Vampire Bat	large painted-lady
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.

large painted-lady

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Mauritius), Asia (India), Europe (Portugal), North America (Jamaica), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand).